XN000022-1974-04-09 — Page 2

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1974

OPENING OF LION ROCK INTERCHANGE

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THE LION ROCK INTERCHANGE, STANDING MIDWAY ALONG THE KOWLOON FOOTHILLS CORRIDOR ROAD ROUTE LINKING KWUN TONG AND KWAI CHUNG. WILL BE FORMALLY OPENED ON THURSDAY CAPRIL 11) BY MR. OSWALD CHEUNG, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

BUILT AT A COST OF OVER $8 MILLION, THE INTERCHANGE IS ONE OF THE FIRST OF THE 12 PROJECTS THAT FORM THIS ROUTE TO BE COMPLETED.

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ROUTE 4, AS IT IS CALLED, FOLLOWS THE PRESENT LUNG CHEUNG, ROAD - TAL PO ROAD CHING CHEUNG ROAD ROUTE, AND EXTENDS THIS ROUND LAI CHI KOK BAY TO JOIN KWAI CHUNG ROAD AT THE WEST END OF THE BRIDGE.

IN ADDITION TO ROAD WIDENING WORKS ALONG THE ROUTE TO FORM A TWO-LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY, INTERCHANGES WITH LINKED PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES ARE BEING BUILT AT EXISTING ROAD JUNCTIONS.

ROUTE 4, ONE OF THE LARGEST OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS NOW BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPART- MENT, IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1975 AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF OVER $150 MILLION, AND WILL PROVIDE A THROUGH ROUTE FOR TRAFFIC TRAVELLING BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL CENTRE OF KWUN TONG AND THE CONTAINER TERMINAL AT KWAI CHUNG.

SECTIONS OF NEW ROAD ALREADY COMPLETED HAVE CONTRIBUTED

A MARKED IMPROVEMENT TO TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA.

THE LION ROCK INTERCHANGE ITSELF CONSISTS OF A 90-FOOT CLEAR SPAN BRIDGE OVER LUNG CHEUNG ROAD TO CARRY TRAFFIC TO AND FROM THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, WITH SLIP ROADS CONNECTING WATERLOO ROAD WITH LUNG CHEUNG ROAD.

THE INTERCHANGE, WHICH WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN STAGES OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, WAS DESIGNED BY MESSRS. MAUNSELL. CONSULTANTS ASIA FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND BUILT BY MESSRS. GAMMON CHK) LTD.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY, WHICH BEGINS AT 3 P.M. TRANSPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE CAR PARK OUTSIDE THE MAIN RECEPTION-ENTRANCE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD. BUSES WILL LEAVE FOR THE LION ROCK INTERCHANGE AT 2.15 P.M. SHARP. FOR THOSE WANTING TO MAKE THEIR OWN WAY TO THE SITE, A MAP SHOWING WHERE TO GO IS BOXED.

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