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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1979-

GLENEALY FLYOVER OPENS TO TRAFFIC ******

MOTORING BETWEEN MID-LEVELS AND OTHER PARTS OF HONG KONG IS MADE EASIER AND FASTER FROM TODAY (THURSDAY) WITH THE OPENING OF A NEW FLYOVER NETWORK.

THE GLENEALY FLYOVER PART OF A $25 MILLION JUNCTION IMPROVEMENT SCHEME FOR TRAFFIC FLOWING UP AND DOWN ROBINSON ROAD, OLD PEAK ROAD, GLENEALY AND ALBANY ROAD WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC AT 4 PM.

AT AN OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MISS LYDIA DUNN, UNVEILED A PLAQUE, AND SAID THE SCHEME WOULD GREATLY INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF A BUSY ROAD JUNCTION MAKING LIFE MUCH EASIER AND LESS FRUSTRATING FOR ALL THOSE WHO USE

IT REGULARLY.

+THE SCHEME IS NOTEWORTHY FOR THE INGENUITY OF ITS DESIGN AND THE SUCCESS WITH WHICH THOSE CONCERNED HAVE COPED WITH EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT AND HILLY GROUND CONDITIONS, SHE SAID.

+PEDESTRIANS HAVE NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN AND AN INTERESTING NETWORK OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS THROUGH SUBWAYS AND COVERED FOOTBRIDGES HAS BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE SCHEME.

+SUCH SAFETY MEASURES WILL PROVE PARTICULARLY DESIRABLE

IN VIEW OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE AREA,+ SHE ADDED.

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS MR. DAVID MCDONALD WHO ALSO SPOKE AT THE OPENING SAID THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE OVERALL SCHEME FOR THE AREA WAS THE BUILDING OF TWO FLYOVERS IN ROBINSON ROAD OVER GLENEALY AND ALBANY ROAD TO PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CAPACITY.

+THE WORK HAS TAKEN JUST OVER TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE, MR. MCDONALD SAID.

THE GLENEALY JUNCTION SCHEME IS ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL PROJECTS BUILT, OR IN HAND, IN THE AREA DESIGNED TO SOLVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS BROUGHT ABOUT BY HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENTS AND RAPID SPREAD OF CAR OWNERSHIP.

MOTORISTS, IN THE PAST, HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY NECESSARILY NARROW AND WINDING ROADS BETWEEN THE MID-LEVELS AND THE CENTRAL COMMERCIAL CENTRE OF THE ISLAND.

BUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GLENEALY FLYOVER COMPLEX HAS CHANGED ALL THAT.

THE IMPRESSIVE COMPLEX HAS BROUGHT A NUMBER OF HELPFUL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS INTO EFFECT :

* THE EXISTING ROBINSON ROAD (BETWEEN GARDEN ROAD AND

RAIMONDI COLLEGE) WILL BE ONE WAY FOR WESTBOUND TRAFFIC. THROUGH TRAFFIC IN THIS DIRECTION WILL CROSS ALBANY ROAD ON THE NEW FLYOVER-

EASTBOUND