MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1976
RESURFACING OF SECTION OF COTTON TREE DRIVE
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN A MAJOR PROGRAMME DUTING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD TO IMPROVE THE ROAD SURFACE OF THE SECTION OF COTTON TRES DRIVE BETWEEN MURRAY BUILDING AND GAPDEN ROAD.
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ACTING CHIEF P........... ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, 28. CHCI YU-LEUK, SAID TODAY THE ROAD SURFACE OF THIS SECTION MAD STEADILY DETERIORATED AS A RESULT OF HEAVY USAGE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND A COMPLETE RESURFACING WAS NOW NECESSARY.
HE SAID THE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN FIVE STAGES DECITING ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 23) FOR COMPLETION EY JANUARY 11.
+ THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DELIBERATELY PLANNED TO COINCIDE WITH THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS SO AS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS WHEN TRAFFIC WILL BE LESS CONGESTED, + HE SAID.
+THE PROGRAMME HAS ALSO BEEN ARRANGED SO THAT MOST OF THE RESURFACING WILL BE DONE AFTER LIC-NIGHT, THUS AVOIDING THE PEAK MOUF TRAFFIC KUSH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.+
DR. CHOI SAID THAT EACH PHASE OF THE PROGRAMME WOULD TAKE ABOUT FOUR DAYS.
+IT 13 INEVITABLE THAT 1: THE EARLY STAGES BEFORE PROPER RESURFACING IS COMPLETED THAT THE RIDING SURFACE MAY BE A BIT ROUGH,+ HE SAID.
+HOWEVER, THE WORKS WILL TAKE ONLY A SHORT TIME AND APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO WARN MOTORISTS OF THE ROUGH SURFACE, HE ADDED.
DR. CHOI SAID THAT P.#.D. ROAD ENGINEERS WERE FULLY AWARE THE IMPORTANCE TO KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING DURING ROADI PROJECTS.
+FOR THIS REASON, THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THIS SECTION HAVE TEEN PLANNED SO AS TO LEAVE AT LEAST TWO LANES OPEN FOR TRAFFIC „HILE „ORKS ARE IN PROGRESS.
+EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO REDUCE ANY INCONVENIENCE TO THE RESOLUTE RIVIYUN, AND TRAFFIC POLICE WILL BE ON HAND TO
FER ASSISTANCE DURING THE WHOLE PERIOD OF RESURFACING WORK TO AVOID CONGESTION,+ HE SAID.
DR. CHCI SAID THAT TWO SLIP RJADS MOULD BE TEMPORARILY CLUSE: TO TRAFFIC DURING THE THIRD PHASE OF THE IMPROVEMENT „ORKS, THESE WERE THE SLIP ROAD FROM COTTON TREE DRIVE TO KENNEDY ROAD AND THAT FROM THE JUNCTION OF GARDEN ROAD AND
WER ALBERT ROAD TO COTTON TREE DRIVE.
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IT WAS INTENDED, HE SAID, TO CLOSE THESE TWO SLIP FOADS 125 12 İB-NLIGHT TO É AGD. ON JANUARY 2
ABOUT SIX -CLES
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