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香港政府

GIS新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

"SUNDAY,

TAI WOR PING AND PIPERS HILL INTERCHANGES EXPECTED

TO BE READY THIS WINTER

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TWO LINKED INTERCHANGES, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT TAI WOR PING AND PIPERS HILL, ARE RAPIDLY TAKING SHAPE AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR USE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE VIADUCT STRUCTURE AT THE TAI WOR PING INTERCHANGE IS NEARING COMPLETION.

AT THE SAME TIME, TAI PO ROAD IS AT PRESENT SPANNED BY MASSIVE STEEL GIRDERS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE TWO OVERPASSES AT THE PIPERS HILL INTERCHANGE DURING THEIR CONSTRUCTION.

+ON COMPLETION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,+ THE UPPER OVERPASS WILL SWEEP ROUND FROM TAI PO ROAD TO CHING CHEUNG ROAD.+

CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO INTERCHANGES BEGAN IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR AT A COST OF SOME $20 MILLION. LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE LION ROCK INTERCHANGE, THEY FORM PART OF THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR KOWLOON FOOTHILLS CORRIDOR ROAD ROUTE LINKING THE INDUSTRIAL CENTRE OF KYUN TONG AND THE CONTAINER TERMINALS AT KWAI CHUNG.

APART FROM ROAD WIDENING WORKS ALONG THE NEW ROUTE TO FORM A TWO-LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY, THE ROAD SCHEME COMPRISES INTERCHANGES WITH LINKED PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES TO BE BUILT AT EXISTING ROAD JUNCTIONS.

TWELVE SUCH PROJECTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE SCHEME, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1975.

+AS MORE COMPLETED SECTIONS OF ROAD ALONG THE ROUTE ARE OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN THE COMING MONTHS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,+ TRAFFIC FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE IN THE AREA.+

HE NOTED THAT THE OPENING OF THE LION ROCK INTERCHANGE HAS GONE

A LONG WAY TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN NORTH KOWLOON.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

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COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING A COMPLETED SECTION OF THE VIADUCT AT THE TAI WOR PING INTERCHANGE ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE G.1.5. PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

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Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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