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FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1978

SCHEME TO IMPROVE JUNCTION OF ELUE POOL ROAD AND TAI HANG ROAD

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HE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO BUILD A GRADE SEPARATED INTERSECTION AT THE JUNCTION OF BLUE POOL ROAD AND TAI HANG ROAD TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.

THE WORKS WILL INVOLVE MAINLY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DECKING ON THE NORTH OF THE EXISTING JUNCTION TO PROVIDE DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE MESTERN SECTION OF TAI HANG ROAD AND BLUE POOL ROAD.

IN ADDITION, A ONE-WAY FLYOVER ABOVE BLUE POOL ROAD RUNNING EASTWARD FROM THE NEW DECKING TO JOIN WITH THE EAST-BOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF TA! HANG ROAD WILL ALSO BE BUILT.

THE EXISTING GROUND LEVEL ROADS WILL BE MODIFIED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AT PRESENT TRAFFIC AT THE JUNCTION CF BLUE POOL ROAD AND TAI HANG ROAD DECAME SATURATED DURING PEAK HOURS, RESULTING IN LONG QUEUES OF VEHICLES ON ELUE POOL ROAD AND TAI HANG ROAD.

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+ INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS TO THE JUNCTION CONSISTING OF MINOR LOCAL WIDENING TO PROVIDE VEHICLE WAITING SPACE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS WERE IMPLEMENTED IN EARLY 1977, + HE SAID.

+NEVERTHELESS, BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED STACKING LANES AT THE APPROACHES AND STEEP GRADIENT OF BLUE POOL ROAD, THESE INTERIM WORKS ONLY CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE TO RELIEVING TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE JUNCTION.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UPON COMPLETION OF THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME, TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE JUNCTION WOULD BE GREATLY RELIEVED.

THE PROPOSED WORKS WILL INVOLVE ALTERATIONS TO THE ALIGNMENT AND WIDTH OF THE SECTIONS OF TAI HANG ROAD AND BLUE POOL ROAD AT THE APPROACHES TO THE JUNCTION.

A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED UNDERTAKING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.

ANY ONE WHO HAS OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL SHOULD SUEMIT HIS OBJECTIONS IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SO AS TO REACH HIS OFFICE NOT LATER THAN AUGUST 14.

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