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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1977

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+THIS COULD LEAD TO DRIVERS HAVING INSUFFICIENT CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLES AND CRASHING HEAD ON WITH VEHICLES COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.+

SOME OF THE ACCIDENTS ALSO APPEARED TO RESULT FROM DRIVERS OVERTAK ING ON THE FLYOVER WITHOUT PROPER CARE, HE ADDED.

THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IS SETTING UP A SPEED DETECTION UNIT ON THE APPROACHES TO THE FLYOVER IN SUCH A WAY THAT ITS PRESENCE WILL BE MADE OBVIOUS TO DRIVERS, APART FROM ENGINEERING MEASURES BEING CARRIED OUT ON THE FLYOVER, MR. JONES POINTED OUT.

SERIES OF TUNNELS AND ELEVATED

HIGHWAYS FOR FUTURE TRAFFIC *****

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO BUILD A SERIES OF TUNNELS AND ELEVATED HIGHWAYS TO CATER FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS, THE SENIOR HIGHWAYS OFFICE PLANNING ENGINEER, MR. PANG HAU-CHUNG, SAID TODAY.

IN PREPARING THEIR PROPOSALS, MR. PANG SAID, PLANNERS HAD TAKEN THREE PRINCIPAL POINTS INTO CONSIDERATION. +THESE WERE THE GROWTH OF POPULATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS THE INCREASE IN MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERSHIP AND INCREASED USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT WHICH WILL RESULT FROM INCREASING PERSONAL INCOME AND APPROPRIATE CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.+

MR. PANG, WHO IS THE SENIOR PLANNING ENGINEER IN THE P.W.D.'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SURVEY DIVISION, WAS ADDRESSING A ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST LUNCHEON.

HE SAID THAT BETWEEN NOW AND 1981 THE PRIMARY DISTRIBUTOR NETWORK IN KOWLOON WOULD BE IMPROVED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROUTE, AN ELEVATED ROAD ALONG CHATHAM ROAD AND KOWLOON CITY ROAD, DUPLICATION OF THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE 1 OF TUEN MUN ROAD.

+OTHER MAJOR ROUTES AT VARIOUS STAGES OF PLANNING, DESIGN, OR CONSTRUCTION INCLUDE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR, TSUEN WAN BY-PASS, STAGE 11 OF TUEN MUN ROAD, ROUTE 5 FROM TSUEN WAN TO SHA TIN, ROUTE 16 FROM LAI CHI KOK TO SHA TIN AND A COASTAL ROAD FROM SHA TIN TO TAI PO, MR. PANG SAID.

ON HONG KONG ISLAND THE FUTURE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC WILL BE HELPED BY THE OPENING OF THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL IN 1980 AND THE COMPLETION OF A MULTI-LANE ROAD FROM CENTRAL TO THE DEVELOPING AREAS ON THE NORTH EASTERN END OF THE ISLAND, HE SAID.

+STAGE OF THE PROJECT, FROM CAUSEWAY BAY TO NORTH POINT IS DUE FOR COMPLETION IN LATE 1982.+

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