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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1978

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WORK ON STUBBS ROAD FLYOVER UNDERWAY

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CAISSON FOUNDATION WORK ON THE STUBBS ROAD FLYOVER IS NOW WELL UNDERWAY JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED.

AT THE WONG NAI CHUNG END OF THE NEW FLYOVER, THE SCENE HAS ALREADY CHANGED DRAMATICALLY, BUT TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED.

DR. Y.L. CHOI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT HE WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS MADE SO FAR.

+GOOD WORK IS BEING DONE ON THE CAISSON FOUNDATIONS, AND THE WORK IS MOVING AHEAD VERY SATISFACTORILY,+ DR. CHOI SAID.

THE $54.6 MILLION FLYOVER CONTRACT WAS SIGNED EXACTLY TWO MONTHS AGO, AND AT THAT TIME THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT STRESSED THAT CONSTRUCTION WOULD CAUSE MINIMUM DISRUPTION TO TRAFFIC.

THE ALIGNMENT OF THE FLYOVER WAS CHOSEN SO THAT EXISTING CARRIAGEWAYS WOULD BE AFFECTED AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.

THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ANOTHER 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE 450 METRE-LONG FLYOVER WILL LINK LOWER STUBBS ROAD WITH WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD. THE GROUND LEVEL ROAD WILL BE

IMPROVED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES TO CARRY TRAFFIC FROM STUBBS ROAD TO THE ROUNDABOUT, AND FROM THE ROUNDABOUT TO WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD.

THE ALIGNMENT IS SUCH THAT IT WILL RUN BESIDE THE EXISTING STUBBS ROAD, CROSS TAI HANG ROAD AND JOIN WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD BEYOND THE EXISTING ROUNDABOUT.

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