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TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1982

YUEN CHAU TSAI ROADS TO OPEN ON THURSDAY

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THE ROADS AND BRIDGES FORMING PART OF AN INTERCHANGE AT YUEN CHAU TSAI, BESIDE ISLAND HOUSE IN TAI PO NEW TOWN WILL BE OPENED ON THURSDAY (JUNE 24).

THE PROJECT, WHICH TOOK NEARLY 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, IS PART OF THE CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OF THE TAI PO NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

MR JOHN DON, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, SAID TODAY THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE A GRADE-SEPARATED CROSSING OF TAI PO ROAD AND THE RAILWAY, THUS ELIMINATING THE EXISTING LEVEL CROSSING IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ELECTRIFICATION AND MODERNISATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

THE OPENING OF THE GRADE-SEPARATED CROSSING SHOULD EASE THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THIS SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD, HE SAID.

+TRAFFIC WILL NO LONGER BE SUBJECTED TO DELAYS FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING LEVEL CROSSING,+

MR DON SAID THE PROJECT, COSTING ABOUT $65 MILLION, FORMED PART OF THE $600 MILLION-PLUS SHA TIN-TAI PO COASTAL TRUNK ROAD NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

+THE SEVEN-KILOMETRE DUAL THREE-LANE COASTAL HIGHWAY, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1984, WILL RUN FROM THE NORTHERN END OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN TO TAI PO NEW TOWN AND WILL EVENTUALLY FORM PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR TRUNK ROAD SYSTEM, + HE SAID.

MEANWHILE A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE NORTH BOUND SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD AT THE LEVEL CROSSING IN YUEN CHAU TSAI, WOULD BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 10.30 AM ON THURSDAY (JUNE 24).

THE EAST BOUND SECTION WILL ALSO BE CLOSED FROM 1.30 PM THE SAME DAY.

FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE, TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED VIA NEWLY COMPLETED OVERHEAD BRIDGES.

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