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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1975
SECTION OF POKFULAM ROAD TO BE WIDENED
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THE TWO-LANE SECTION OF POKFULAM ROAD BETWEEN MOUNT DAVIS ROAD AND QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL IS TO BE WIDENED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA.
MR. S.C. CHEN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS (H.K.) DIVISION, SAID TODAY THAT THE WIDENING WORK, WHICH FORMED PART OF THE OVERALL IMPROVEMENT SCHEME FOR POKFULAM ROAD, WOULD BEGIN IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
OUTLINING THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT, MR. CHEN SAID THAT THE WIDENED SECTION OF THE ROAD, WHICH WAS ABOUT 800 METRES LONG, WOULD BECOME A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY WITH TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION.
ON EITHER SIDE THERE WOULD BE A TWO-METRE-WIDE PAVEMENT, AND THERE WOULD ALSO BE A NUMBER OF BUS BAYS AND LAY-BYS ALONG IT.
TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE WIDENED SECTION OF THE ROAD, FLOWER BEDS AND SITTING-OUT BENCHES WOULD BE PROVIDED ALONG THE ROADSIDE, MR. CHEN SAID,
HE PREDICTED THAT THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WOULD NOT ONLY RELIEVE THE PRESENT TRAFFIC CONGESTION, BUT ALSO ENSURE A SMOOTH FLOW OF EMERGENCY TRAFFIC TO AND FROM QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL.
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