XN000022-1975-04-15 — Page 2

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1975

ANOTHER SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD TO BE WIDENED

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PLANNING IS WELL IN HAND FOR A $45 MILLION PROJECT TO RECONSTRUCT A SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD IN SHA TIN IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAID THE RECONSTRUCTION WAS DESIGNED TO COPE WITH THE GROWING VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.

WHEN CONSTRUCTION BEGINS, THE SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD RUNNING FROM THE RAILWAY LEVEL-CROSSING NEAR TAI VAI TO THE NEW RACE COURSE NEAR HO TUNG LAU WILL DE WIDENED AND REALIGNED, AT PRESENT, THE ROAD ONLY HAS A SINGLE TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY.

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CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD, MEASURING SOME 4,600 M, WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN TWO STAGES.

STAGE I WILL INCLUDE THE WIDENING AND REALIGNMENT OF ABOUT 2,700 M OF THE ROAD FROM TAI WAI TO FO TAN INTO A DUAL TWO-LANE ROAD 19.5 M ACROSS.

UNDER STAGE II OF THE PROJECT, A TOTAL LENGTH OF 1,900 M OF THE ROAD RUNNING FROM FO TAN NORTH-WESTWARD PAST THE NEW RACE COURSE, WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH A DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY. THE CARRIAGEWAY WILL FURTHER BE CONNECTED BY ACCESS ROADS TO THE RACE COURSE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROJECT IS NOW BEING DESIGNED BY CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND WORK IS EXPECTED TO START EARLY NEXT YEAR.

MEANWHILE, TRAFFIC FLOW IN ANOTHER SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD NEAR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY HAS MUCH IMPROVED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A PROJECT TO WIDEN THAT SECTION OF THE ROAD LAST NOVEMBER.

A SPOKESMAN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HIGHWAY (NEW TERRITORIES) DIVISION SAID THE PROJECT WAS NECESSITATED BY THE TRAFFIC CONDITION WHICH HAD FURTHER DETERIORATED SINCE THE UNITED COLLEGE AND NEW ASIA COLLEGE HAD MOVED TO THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN MA LIU SHUI.

AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT, A 1,500-METRE SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD RUNNING FROM THE BEND NEAR CHUNG CHI COLLEGE TO CHEK NAI PING WAS WIDENED FROM 6.4 M TO 10.1 M, ADDING A THIRD LANE FOR SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC GOING TO TAI PO.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING PART OF THE SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD WHICH HAS BEEN WIDENED ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.

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