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TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1977

WIDENING OF POK FU LAM ROAD ******

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO WIDEN A SECTION OF POK FU LAM ROAD BETWEEN QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL AND POK FU LAM RESERVOIR ROAD TO COPE WITH THE RAPID INCREASE IN TRAFFIC CAUSED BY BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS IN ABERDEEN AND WAH FU,

MR. S.C. CHEN, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS (HONG KONG) DIVISION, SAID TODAY THE PROJECT FORMED PART OF A SCHEME TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA.

HE SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECTION THROUGH POK FU LAM VILLAGE HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED WHILE WORK ON ANOTHER SECTION BETWEEN MOUNT DAVIS ROAD AND QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL "AS WELL UNDERWAY.

THE PROJECT INVOLVED THE WIDENING OF SOME 1,000 METRES OF ROAD BETWEEN QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL AND POK FU LAM RESERVOIR ROAD, SAID MR. CHEN.

+ON COMPLETION, HE SAID, +A FOUR-LANE DUAL-CARRIAGEWAY WITH A 1.84-METRE FOOTPATH ON EITHER SIDE WILL BE PROVIDED.+

+ IN ADDITION, A FOOTBRIDGE WILL BE BUILT NEAR QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL TO FACILITATE THE MOVEMENT OF PEDESTRIANS, ESPECIALLY DURING HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS.+

THE PROJECT, TENDERS FOR WHICH ARE BEING INVITED, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN TWO YEARS.

THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE HIGHWAYS (HONG KONG) DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

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