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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1978

NEW FLYOVER PROPOSED FOR WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PROPOSES TO EXTEND THE WESTERN END OF THE GASCOIGNE ROAD FLYOVER NEAR KANSU STREET TO LINK WITH THE SECTION OF ELEVATED ROAD NOW BEING BUILT AT TAI KOK TSUI.

THE DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS OF THE PROPOSED ELEVATED ROAD WHICH IS PART OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR WILL RUN ALONG FERRY STREET AND BRANCH OUT NEAR SHAN TUNG STREET.

THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY WILL BRANCH OFF WESTWARD ACROSS THE YAU MA TEI RECLAMATION TO CHERRY STREET WHILE THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY WILL CONTINUE NORTHWARD ALONG TONG MEI ROAD.

THESE TWO ELEVATED CARRIAGEWAYS WILL THEN LINK WITH THOSE AT TAI KOK TSUI, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT TAI KOK TSUI ROAD AND TUNG CHAU STREET.

THE PROPOSED ELEVATED ROAD MEASURED ABOUT 1,700 METRES IN LENGTH.

IN GENERAL, EACH OF THE DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS WILL PROVIDE TWO TRAFFIC LANES EXCEPT AT THE SECTION IN FERRY STREET WHERE THE CARRIAGEWAY IS WIDENED TO ACCOMMODATE TWO CONNECTING RAMPS. AL TOGETHER FIVE SLIP ROADS WILL BE BUILT IN THIS SECTION TO INTEGRATE THE ELEVATED ROAD WITH THE GROUND LEVEL ROAD SYSTEMS.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS PROJECT, PART OF FERRY STREET, TONG MEI ROAD AND TUNG CHAU STREET WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED. A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY ACROSS FERRY STREET NEAR SHAN TUNG STREET WILL ALSO BE BUILT TO FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS AT THE SAME TIME.

WHEN COMPLETED THIS SECTION OF THE ELEVATED ROAD ALONG WITH GASCOIGNE ROAD AND THE SECTION IN TAI KOK TSUI WILL SERVE AS A FAST TRAFFIC ROUTE BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND SHAM SHUI PO.

THE ELEVATED ROAD WILL BE EXTENDED EVENTUALLY ALONG WITH THE CHEUNG SHA WAN WATERFRONT TO JOIN WITH LAI CHI KOK ROAD IN THE NORTH TO COMPLETE THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR.

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

ANY PERSON OBJECTING TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT MUST SEND HIS OBJECTION IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SO AS TO REACH HIS OFFICE NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 4, 1978.

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