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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1975

PART OF ARGYLE STREET FLYOVER TO OPEN NEXT WEEK

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THE EASTBOUND LANE OF THE ARGYLE STREET FLYOVER WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN A WEEK'S TIME AND THE WHOLE FLYOVER WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY SEPTEMBER, THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SAID TODAY.

WORK WAS ALSO PROGRESSING ON THE WATERLOO ROAD FLYOVER, HE SAID, AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED TO NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC IN AUGUST AND TO SOUTHBOUND THROUGH TRAFFIC BY OCTOBER, THE ENTIRE PROJECT, INCLUDING THE INTERMEDIATE RAMPS, SHOULD BE FULLY COMMISSIONED BY DECEMBER, HE ADDED.

MR. MCDONALD, WHO WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION FROM THE HON. MRS. JOYCE SYMONS, NOTED THAT THESE TWO PROJECTS HAD BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR QUITE LONG PERIODS DUE TO THE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE WORKS WERE CARRIED OUT. BUT THE SPEED OF OPERATIONS UNDER SUCH ADVERSE CONDITIONS HAD BEEN GOOD, HE SAID.

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+TRAFFIC VOLUMES USING THESE INTERSECTIONS, HE EXPLAINED, WERE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE URBAN AREAS AND WHILE MAINTAINING THE HIGH TRAFFIC FLOWS. IT HAD BEEN NECESSARY TO DIVERT AND RELOCATE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES WHICH PASS THROUGH THE AREA AND CONSTRUCT EXTENSIVE FOUNDATIONS TO CARRY THE FLYOVER STRUCTURES.

REPLYING TO ANOTHER QUESTION FROM MRS. SYMONS ABOUT

PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IN THE AREA FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN, MR. MCDONALD SAID THE WORKS ON THE RESURFACING OF ARGYLE STREET AND ITS JUNCTION WITH WATERLOO ROAD AND PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD WERE NEARING COMPLETION AND THE MARKING OUT OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IN THEIR FINAL POSITIONS WAS NOW IN HAND.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VERY LARGE FLYOVER COMPLEX, CAUSING A CHANGE IN THE CONFIGURATION OF THE GROUND LEVEL LAYOUT, HAD REQUIRED THE PEDESTRIAN.CROSSING FACILITIES AT THE INTERSECTION TO BE MOVED FREQUENTLY TO PHASE IN WITH THE WORKS PROGRAMME.

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