XN000022-1977-08-22 — Page 7

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1977

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WORK ON NEW $35M TAI PO ROAD STARTS ******

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL TOMORROW (TUESDAY) START THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE $35 MILLION NEW TAI PO ROAD FROM TAI WAT VILLAGE TO THE END OF THE NEW RACE COURSE AT SHA TIN.

PART OF THE EXISTING TAI PO ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FROM TOMORROW SO THAT THE WORK CAN GO AHEAD.

THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D'S SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MR. S.K. KWEI, SAID TODAY THAT THE SHA TIN BYPASS WOULD BE MADE TWO-WAY AND URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE INTRODUCED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A MINIMUM OF INCONVENIENCE TO MOTORISTS.

MR. KWEI SAID THAT THE FOUR-LANE, NEW TAI PO ROAD WAS DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT YEAR.

*UNTIL THEN, THE SHA TIN BYPASS, WHICH IS AT PRESENT ONE-WAY, WILL BE RE-ROUTED TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.+

+THE URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS, HE SAID, WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM 7 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT ON SHA TIN BYPASS BETWEEN THE RAILWAY CROSSING AND WO CHE ESTATE, ON LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD FROM THE SHING MUN RIVER BRIDGE TO THE JUNCTION WITH TAI PO ROAD AND ALSO ON THE SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD FROM TAI WAI VILLAGE TO ITS JUNCTION WITH LION ROCK ROAD.

+TO FURTHER FACILITATE TRAFFIC FLOW, PLBS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO ENTER LEK YUEN ESTATE, WO CHE ESTATE OR THE ROAD FROM THE SHA TIN BYPASS TO THE SHA TIN MARKET, MR. KWEI SAID.

+ONE CARRIAGEWAY IN THE NEW TAI PO ROAD FROM THE JUNCTION WITH LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD TO SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION WILL REMA IN OPEN FOR FRANCHISED BUSES AND AUTHORISED VEHICLES REQUIRING ACCESS TO SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION.

+ IN ADDITION, TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS WILL BE IN OPERATION ON THE SHA TIN BYPASS AT THE JUNCTIONS WITH LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD, SHA TIN MARKET ROAD, AND LEK YUEN ESTATE ACCESS ROADS,+ MR. KWET SAID.

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