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SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1978
FLYOVER COMPLEX FOR CASTLE PEAK ROAD
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BUILD A FLYOVER COMPLEX IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD NEAR TAI WO TSUEN.
WORK ON THE MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT, KNOWN AS TAI WO TSUEN INTERCHANGE, WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
MR. CHEN SHAO-CHI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (N.T.) DIVISION, SAID: THE TAI WO TSUEN AREA OPPOSITE LAI KING HEADLAND WAS TO BÉ DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.
HE SAID THAT THE FIRST SITE WOULD BE FOR A HOUSING ESTATE FOR MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE CIVIL SERVANTS ASSOCIATION.
SUBSEQUENTLY, HE ADDED, THE TAI WO TSUEN UPPER PLATFORMS WOULD PROVIDE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
MR. CHEN SAID: +TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND TO COPE WITH THE FAST MOVING AND HEAVY TRAFFIC IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD A GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGE IS A MUST.
+THE INTERCHANGE WILL COMPRISE A FLYOVER ACROSS CASTLE PEAK ROAD WITH AN ATTACHED FOOTBRIDGE TO ENABLE PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS CASTLE PEAK ROAD SAFELY, AND A GRADE-SEPARATED SLIP ROAD.+
THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES LANDSCAPING TREATMENT TO THE OPEN SPACES IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERCHANGE, HE ADDED.
IN OTHER PARTS OF TSUEN WAN, A SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN TEXACO ROAD AND THE EASTERN END OF TUEN MUN ROAD AT CHAI WAN KOK IS BEING WIDENED TO COPE WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
THE WORK ALSO INCLUDES THE STRENGTHENING OF THE EXISTING ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE NULLAH AT TAI CHUNG ROAD TO ACCOMMODATE THE WIDENED CARRIAGEWAY AND FOOTPATHS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STEEL FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS CASTLE PEAK ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE NULLAH.
MEANWHILE, WORK ON A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR FLYOVER COMPLEX AT THE JUNCTION OF TEXACO ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD IS PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY.
IT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 230-METRE LONG FLYOVER WHICH WILL CARRY FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC OVER CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
SLIP ROADS WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED TO LINK CASTLE PEAK ROAD
WITH TEXACO ROAD AND KWOK SHU ROAD.
TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN TSUEN WAN, THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN KWAI CHUNG ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD WILL ALSO BE RECONSTRUCTED.
IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE A DIRECT LINK FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO CHEUNG WING ROAD AND A ROUNDABOUT SYSTEM WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE AREA.
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