XN000022-1984-02-06 — Page 2

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1984

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TSUEN WAN BYPASS TO FULLY OPEN NEXT YEAR

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WORK IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY ON THE SECOND STAGE OF TSUEN WAN BYPASS, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE FULLY COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THE COST IS $900 MILLION AND INCLUDES RECLAIMING ABOUT 35 HECTARES OF TSUEN WAN BAY AND BUILDING A PIER AND TRANSPORT COMPLEX.

STAGE TWO RUNS FROM TEXACO ROAD TO TUEN MUN ROAD AND IS 2.5 KILOMETRES LONG.

FOUR HUNDRED METRES OF THE BYPASS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED OVER OPEN WATER AND THE REST ON THE RECLAMATION.

STAGE ONE, WHICH COST $104 MILLION AND RUNS FROM KWAI CHUNG ROAD TO TEXACO ROAD, WAS OPENED IN JUNE, 1981.

TSUEN WAN BYPASS FORMS PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD SYSTEM AND, ACCORDING TO THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER AT TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MR NORMAN TUCKER, WILL PROVIDE A MUCH-NEEDED THROUGH ROUTE FOR TRAFFIC TO TUEN MUN AND THE NORTH-WEST NEW TERRITORIES.

IT WOULD ALSO RELIEVE THE ALREADY HEAVILY CONGESTED ROADS IN TSUEN WAN, HE SAID.

THE ROAD IS DUAL, TWO AND THREE LANE CARRIAGEWAYS.

IT WILL HAVE ONE INTERMEDIATE INTERSECTION CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING ROAD NETWORK BY ADDITIONAL GROUND LEVEL ROADS WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED IN READINESS FOR THE BYPASS OPENING.

THE RECLAMATION, WHICH IS 80 PER CENT COMPLETE, WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR HOUSING, INDUSTRY AND CIVIC AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

THE TRANSPORT COMPLEX WILL PROVIDE WHEN FULLY COMPLETED 15 DEPARTURE PLATFORMS FOR BUSES, EACH ACCOMMODATING THREE BUSES, SET-DOWN AND PICK-UP POINTS FOR PRIVATE CARS AND TAXIS, MAXI-CAB STANDS AND A FIVE-STOREY CAR PARK FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 000 CARS.

ACCESS TO THE COMPLEX WILL BE AT TAI HO ROAD AND YEUNG UK ROAD AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAFFIC WILL BE SEGREGATED INTO THEIR OWN APPROACH LANES.

PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL BE SEPARATED BY PROVIDING AN ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN DECK BETWEEN THE FERRY PIER AND TRANSPORT COMPLEX WITH COVERED ROUTES TO BUS AND PRIVATE VEHICLE EMBARKATION POINTS.

MAXI-CABS AND TAXIS ARE SERVED BY A MEZZANINE DECK.

/THE BUS