TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1977
OPENING OF FLYOVER AT MID-LEVELS
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THE FIRST OF FIVE FLYOVER COMPLEXES DESIGNED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO OVERCOME TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE MID-LEVELS WILL BE OPENED ON FRIDAY (MAY 20).
THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROBINSON ROAD/CASTLE ROAD JUNCTION WHICH ARE NOW COMPLETED WILL ALLOW MOTORISTS TO DRIVE QUICKLY AND EASILY THROUGH A FORMER MAJOR BOTTLENECK,
WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED ON TWO OTHER KEY PARTS OF THE $34 MILLION MID-LEVELS TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS SCHEME, THE GARDEN ROAD ROUND-ABOUT AND THE QUEENSWAY FLYOVER. SHORTLY,
SHORTLY, TENDERS WILL BE CALLED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLYOVER COMPLEXES AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF ROBINSON ROAD WITH GLENEALY AND ROBINSON ROAD WITH OLD PEAK ROAD.
THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, MR. C.K. CHOW, SAID TODAY
IT IS EXPECTED THAT ALL THE WORK WILL BE COMPLETED BY 1979.
MR. CHOW SAID: +THE ROBINSON ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ACTUALLY INCORPORATE TWO FLYOVERS, ONE TO TAKE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM CONDUIT ROAD TO ENTER THE EASTBOUND OR WESTBOUND LANES IN ROBINSON ROAD, THE OTHER TO TAKE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC IN ROBINSON ROAD OVER CASTLE ROAD.
+NO CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE IN THE PRESENT BUS PRIORITY SYSTEM WEST OF THE JUNCTION, BUT THE STOP FOR EASTBOUND BUSES HAS BEEN MOVED ONTO THE FLYOVER.+
THE GARDEN ROAD ROUND-ABOUT COMPLEX IS THE NEXT SCHEME SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION. IT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELEVATED ROADS LINKING THE NORTH BOUND LANE OF GARDEN ROAD WITH MAGAZINE GAP ROAD, AND ANOTHER CONNECTING THE EASTBOUND LANE OF ROBINSON ROAD WITH MAGAZINE GAP ROAD.
THE GARDEN ROAD COMPLEX SHOULD BE READY BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
CONSTRUCTION HAS ALSO STARTED ON THE QUEENSWAY FLYOVER IN CENTRAL WHICH WILL RUN FROM GARDEN ROAD OPPOSITE THE HILTON HOTEL TO QUEENSWAY NEAR THE MURRAY ROAD MULTI-STOREY CARPARK.
+ THE NEW FLYOVER WILL PROVIDE A DIRECT LINK FOR TRAFFIC FROM GARDEN ROAD TURNING RIGHT INTO QUEENSWAY AND WILL
INCORPORATE A NETWORK OF FOOTBRIDGES FOR SAFE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OVER GARDEN ROAD, QUEENSWAY, MURRAY ROAD AND. COTTON TREE DRIVE, MR. CHOW SAID.
P.W.D. ROAD PLANNERS EXPECT THE QUEENSWAY FLYOVER TO BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN LATE 1978.
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