FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1975
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WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR ENTERS NEW STAGE
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WORK WILL BEGIN SHORTLY ON A UNIQUE SECTION OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR HIGHWAY SCHEME AN ELEVATED ROAD PASSING THROUGH THE YAU MA TEI MULTI-STOREY CARPARK,
TENDERS FOR THE NOVEL PROJECT ARE INVITED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE, WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN JULY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY APRIL NEXT YEAR.
THE WHOLE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR SCHEME CONSISTS OF A THREE- MILE ELEVATED HIGHWAY JOINING GASCOIGNE ROAD WITH LAI CHI KOK TO THE NORTH-WEST. WHEN FULLY COMPLETED IT WILL GREATLY IMPROVE TRAFFIC ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF KOWLOON FROM TSIM SHA TSUI TO LAI CHI KOK, AND PROVIDE A FAST LINK BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WITH THE CROSS- HARBOUR TUNNEL IN HUNG HOM.
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WORK ON THE SCHEME STARTED NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO. EASTERN SECTION, COMPRISING A FLYOVER RUNNING FROM GASCOIGNE ROAD AND OVER NATHAN ROAD TO THE YAU MA TEI CARPARK, WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
THE SECTION RUNNING THROUGH THE CARPARK WILL EVENTUALLY JOIN THE EASTERN SECTION WITH THE WESTERN SECTION RUNNING ALONGSIDE KANSU STREET TO LINK UP WITH THE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED TONG MI ROAD EXTENSION NEXT TO THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER.
WORK ON LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE WESTERN SECTION BEGAN EARLY LAST MONTH AND TENDERS FOR THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THIS SECTION WILL BE CALLED LATER THIS YEAR.
MEANWHILE, STUDY AND DESIGN OF STAGE 1 OF THE CORRIDOR FROM TONG MI ROAD EXTENSION NORTHWARD TO LAI CHI KOK IN HAND.
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