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FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1984

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WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR PROJECT TO START SOON

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AN ELEVATED ROAD FORMING STAGE 111 OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR WILL BE BUILT IN CHEUNG SHA WAN.

IT WILL BE ONE-AND-A-HALF KILOMETRES LONG, RUNNING FROM YEN CHOW STREET TO LAI CHI KOK ROAD NEAR CHEUNG MOU STREET, AND WILL PASS OVER RECENTLY-RECLAIMED LAND ON CHEUNG SHA WAN WATERFRONT.

A GROUND LEVEL ROAD WILL ALSO BE BUILT TO DIRECT EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON TO STAGE 1 OF THE CORRIDOR.

IT WILL BE 350 METRES LONG, RUNNING FROM TONKIN STREET TO KIU KIANG STREET, NEAR WHICH A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY WILL BE LOCATED.

EXISTING ROADS WITHIN THE PROJECT LIMIT WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED AND MODIFIED, AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND UTILITIES ALTERATION WORKS WILL BE CARRIED OUT.

THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR WILL PROVIDE A MAJOR HIGH-CAPACITY TRAFFIC ROUTE IN WEST AND NORTHWEST KOWLOON.

IT IS AN ELEVATED DUAL CARRIAGEWAY, FREE FROM TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL, RUNNING FROM GASCOIGNE ROAD TO LAI CHI KOK VIA YAU MA TEI, MONG KOK, TAI KOK TSUI AND CHEUNG SHA WAN.

STAGES I AND II OF THE CORRIDOR HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND ARE OPEN TO TRAFFIC. WORK ON STAGE 111 WILL START LATER THIS YEAR AND BE COMPLETED BY MID-1987.

A PLAN SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THE PROPOSED WORK WHICH IS GAZETTED TODAY CAN BE SEEN AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

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CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, CENTRAL ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING MAIN ENTRANCE, HONG KONG;

* DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE (KOWLOON WEST), YAU MA TEI CAR PARK BUILDING, 10TH FLOOR, 250, SHANGHAI STREET, KOWLOON; AND

* SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE, GROUND FLOOR, 37-39,

TONK IN STREET, SHAM SHUI PO, KOWLOON.

OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL MUST BE IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS BEFORE MAY 15.

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