THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1981
STREET ALTERATIONS FOR MTR WORK
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A NUMBER OF STREET ALTERATIONS AND CLOSURES WILL BE EFFECTED IN WAN CHAI AND SHEUNG WAN FROM JANUARY 31, 1982 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MTR ISLAND LINE.
IN WAN CHAI, THE CARRIAGEWAY OF O'BRIEN ROAD BETWEEN HENNESSY ROAD AND LOCKHART ROAD WILL BE REDUCED IN WIDTH TO 10 METRES PERMANENTLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SUBWAY AND ENTRANCES TO A STATION CONCOURSE. ANOTHER SECTION OF O'BRIEN ROAD BETWEEN HENNESSY ROAD AND JOHNSTON ROAD WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO 10 METRES WIDE PERMANENTLY, AND A LAY-BYE WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE WESTERN SIDE BETWEEN JOHNSTON ROAD AND THOMSON ROAD,
THE FOLLOWING TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURES AND ALTERATIONS WILL ALSO BE EFFECTED I
(A) HENNESSY ROAD (BETWEEN LUARD ROAD AND FLEMMING
ROAD) - CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE REDUCED TO TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION WITH SECTIONS OF FOOTPATH REDUCED TO 2.3 M AND 2.5 M WIDE ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES RESPECTIVELY-
(B) O'BRIEN ROAD (BETWEEN HENNESSY ROAD AND LOCKHART
ROAD) - CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE LANE AND A TWO-METRE WIDE ROVING FOOTPATH WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE WEST SIDE-
(C) O'BRIEN ROAD (BETWEEN HENNESSY ROAD AND THOMSON
ROAD) CARRIAGEWAY AND THE WESTERN FOOTPATH WILL BE CLOSED-
(D) O'BRIEN ROAD (BETWEEN THOMSON ROAD AND JOHNSTON
ROAD) CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE REDUCED TO TWO LANES AND THE WESTERN FOOTPATH CLOSED.
TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHEUNG WAN STATION, THE CARRIAGEWAY OF DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL BETWEEN ON TAI STREET AND MORRISON STREET WILL BE REDUCED PERMANENTLY TO A WIDTH OF 7.3 METRES AND THE FOOTPATH AREA INCREASED TO INCORPORATE A GROUND VENT SHAFT STRUCTURE.
IN ADDITION, THE FOLLOWING TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURES AND ALTERATIONS WILL BE EFFECTED,
(A) DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL (BETWEEN ON TAI STREET
AND MORRISON STREET) - CARRIAGEWAY AND FOOTPATH WILL BE REDUCED IN WIDTH, BUT VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE THERE WILL BE MAINTAINED-
/(B) DES VOEUX ROAD
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