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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1978
CLEARWATER BAY ROAD TO BE FURTHER IMPROVED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR IMPROVING A SECTION OF CLEARWATER BAY ROAD BETWEEN PIK UK AND CLEARWATER BAY APARTMENTS.
THE PROJECT FORMS THE SECOND STAGE OF AN OVERALL SCHEME AIMED AT RELIEVING THE PRESENT TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN CLEARWATER BAY ROAD BETWEEN ANDERSON ROAD AND HANG HAU ROAD.
+ THE WORK INVOLVES THE WIDENING OF ABOUT 1,100 METRES OF THE EXISTING ROAD TO DUAL TWO-LANE STANDARD CARRIAGEWAY WITH FOOTPATHS ON BOTH SIDES,+ MR. AU CHI-LAU, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID.
+CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MEANWHILE, IMPROVEMENT WORK IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY ON TWO OTHER SECTIONS OF CLEARWATER BAY ROAD - ONE ADJOINING NGAU CHI WAN ESTATE AND THE OTHER BETWEEN PIK UK AND HIRAM'S HIGHWAY.
THE WORK INCLUDES THE WIDENING OF CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE ROAD, CHANGE OF ALIGNMENT AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY AT THE VILLAGE OF TSENG LAN SHUE.
WORK ON THE REMAINING TWO SECTIONS BETWEEN HIRAM'S HIGHWAY AND HANG HAU AND BETWEEN ANDERSON ROAD AND PIK UK WILL BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT NINE MONTHS.
THE ENTIRE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME COSTING MORE THAN $72 MILLION, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1980.
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