TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1977
EAST KOWLOON WAY
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT TO START WORK ON ANOTHER STAGE OF A MAJOR $300 MILLION ROAD SCHEME DESIGNED TO CUT TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN KWUN TONG AND URBAN KOWLOON.
THE LATEST PROJECT TO GET UNDERWAY IS A 1,200-METRE ELEVATED ROADWAY OVER CHATHAM ROAD AND KOWLOON CITY ROAD TO LINK TWO MAJOR INTERCHANGES AT HUNG HOM AND TO KWA WAN.
TENDERS FOR THE ELEVATED ROADWAY, KNOWN AS EAST KOWLOON WAY, ARE NOW BEING INVITED.
MR. CHOW CHE-KING, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE, CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, SAID TODAY WORK ON THE ROADWAY WOULD START IN JUNE FOR COMPLETION IN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS TIME.
HE SAID EAST KOWLOON WAY WOULD HAVE FOUR LANES FOR TRAFFIC, AND WOULD PROVIDE A MORE DIRECT ROUTE BETWEEN KAI TAK AIRPORT AND HUNG HOM.
AS PART OF THE CONTRACT, THE SECTION OF CHATHAM ROAD BETWEEN ITS JUNCTION WITH WO CHUNG STREET AND HOK YUEN STREET WOULD ALSO BE IMPROVED AND WIDENED TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LANES OF EAST KOWLOON WAY, HE SAID.
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EAST KOWLOON WAY FORMS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ROUTE 3 SIX-KILOMETRE HIGH-CAPACITY ROUTE BETWEEN KWUN TONG AND HUNG HOM WHICH PARTLY RUNS UNDER THE AIRPORT RUNWAY VIA A 1,300-METRE TUNNEL.
THE TUNNEL LINK IS STRUCTURALLY COMPLETE AND WORK IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY ON THE TWO INTERCHANGES SAN SHAN INTERCHANGE AT TO KWA WAN AND WU HU INTERCHANGE IN HUNG HOM WHICH FORM A VITAL PART OF THE WESTERN APPROACHES TO THE AIRPORT TUNNEL.
EAST KOWLOON WAY, THE ELEVATED ROADWAY BETWEEN THOSE TWO INTERCHANGES, IS THE LAST LINK IN THE WESTERN APPROACHES.
A SERIES OF SAFE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED.
WORK IS ALSO UNDERWAY ON ANOTHER ROAD TO CONNECT WAI YIP STREET EXTENSION WITH A THIRD INTERCHANGE TO BE BUILT AT THE EASTERN END OF THE AIRPORT TUNNEL.
THE WHOLE ROUTE 3 SCHEME IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN
1980.
WATER CUT ****
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN MONG KOK WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.. ON THURSDAY (MARCH 3) TO ALLOW A NIGHT LEAKAGE TEST TO BE CARPIED OUT.
THE AREA AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY TAI KOK TSUI ROAD, LARCH STREET, WALNUT STREET, DEDFORD ROAD, LITE STREET, TUNG CHAU STREET, TONG MEI ROAD, FUK TSU.. STREET, PINE STREET, IVY STREET AND BEECH STREET, INCLUDING FIR STREET,
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