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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1978
FLYOVER TO LINK TAI KOK TSUI WITH SHAM SHUI PO
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT WORK WILL START EARLY NEXT YEAR ON A FLYOVER WHICH WILL LINK TAI KOK TSUI WITH SHAM SHUI PO.
THE 500-METRE-LONG ELEVATED ROAD, WHICH FORMS THE SECOND STAGE OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR, WILL RUN ALONG TUNG CHAU STREET FROM YEN CHOW STREET TO TAI KOK TSUI ROAD WHERE IT WILL LINK UP WITH ANOTHER SECTION OF FLYOVER NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE FLYOVER WILL HAVE THREE TRAFFIC LANES IN EACH DIRECTION.
TWO RAMPS WILL ALSO BE BUILT AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE FLYOVER TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AND FROM THE CHEUNG SHA WAN AND LAI CHI KOK AREAS, INCLUDING THE SHAM SHUI PO FERRY CONCOURSE.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK WERE INVITED BY THE P.W.D. TODAY (FRIDAY).
DR. Y.L. CHOI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR AND WOULD BE COMPLETED IN 22 MONTHS.
*THE ENTIRE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR SCHEME CALLS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FLYOVER FROM THE JUNCTION OF GASCOIGNE ROAD AND FERRY STREET IN THE SOUTH TO LAI CHI KOK ROAD IN THE NORTH, HE SAID.
+ON COMPLETION, IT WILL PROVIDE A PRIMARY DISTRIBUTOR HIGHWAY SERVING THE MAJOR TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS BETWEEN THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND WEST KOWLOON.+
DR. CHOI ADDED THAT THE SECTION OF THE FLYOVER TO BE CONSTRUCTED WOULD PROVIDE BY ITSELF A VERY DESIRABLE BY-PASS FOR TRAFFIC TRAVELLING THROUGH THE CONGESTED TAI KOK TSUI AND SHAM SHUI PO AREAS.
THE SCHEME HAS BEEN DESIGNED, AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED, BY THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS, MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA, ON BEHALF OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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