XN000022-1975-04-04 — Page 7

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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1975

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AS ROUTE 70 MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE SOUTHBOUND ALONG TAI PO ROAD BETWEEN FANLING ROUNDABOUT AND LAM KAM ROAD, PASSENGERS ARE ADVISED TO USE ROUTES 76 OR 77 BUSES FROM SHEUNG SHUI TO YUEN LONG, AND THEN USE ROUTE 50 FROM YUEN LONG TO JORDAN ROAD FERRY PIER.

ROUTE 73 MAY BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED DURING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ONE-WAY TRAFFIC SYSTEM ON TAI PO ROAD. ROUTES 78 AND 79 ON DEPARTURE FROM SHEUNG SHUI WILL OPERATE VIA JOCKEY CLUB ROAD.

ADDITIONAL TRAINS WILL BE OPERATED TO WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY.

NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE AT TAI PO ROAD TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW ******

A SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD AT THE 17-1/2 MILESTONE WILL BE IMPROVED AND PROVIDED WITH A RAILWAY BRIDGE TO AVOID HOLDING UP TRAFFIC AT AN EXISTING RAILWAY UNDERPASS.

ABOUT 400 METRES OF THE ROAD WILL BE RE-ALIGNED TO SMOOTHEN TWO SHARP BENDS, AND THE CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE WIDENED TO 7.3 METRES.

THE RAILWAY BRIDGE TO BE BUILT OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE, WILL HAVE FOUR SPANS AND WILL MEASURE 55 METRES FROM END TO END.

A PUBLICE WORKS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID OPPORTUNITY WOULD ALSO BE TAKEN WHEN CONSTRUCTING THE DRIDGE TO IMPROVE THE ALIGNMENT OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TRACK AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR A DOUBLE TRACK.

+WHEN WORK IS COMPLETED, A NEW TWO-LANE RAILWAY UNDERPASS ABOUT 90 METRES SOUTH-EAST OF THE EXISTING UNDERPASS WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC.

+THIS WILL ELIMINATE THE TRAFFIC BOTTLE-NECK AT THE EXISTING TRAFFIC-LIGHT CONTROLLED UNDERPASS NEAR TAI PO TAU VILLAGE,+ HE SAID.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE HIGHWAYS (NEW TERRITORIES) DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HIGHWAYS OFFICE.

CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO START IN JUNE AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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