SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1987
NEW ACCESS TO MA CHAI HANG, CHUK YUEN TO BE BUILT
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THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS TO BUILD A WESTERN ACCESS ROAD TO MA CHAI HANG AND CHUK YUEN TO COPE WITH TRAFFIC DEMAND IN CENTRAL KOWLOON.
THE WORK COMPRISES CONSTRUCTING A GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGE ACROSS LUNG CHEUNG ROAD LINKING MA CHAI HANG THROUGH AN AT-GRADE ROAD TO A MAJOR INTERSECTION WITH BROADCAST DRIVE AND JUNCTION ROAD.
THE INTERCHANGE WILL PROVIDE THROUGH MOVEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WESTERN ACCESS AND LUNG CHEUNG ROAD,
FU MEI STREET WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED WITH ITS WESTERN SECTION REALIGNED TO CONNECT WITH THE WESTERN ACCESS.
PORTIONS OF RENFREW ROAD, BROADCAST DRIVE AND JUNCTION ROAD AFFECTED BY THE SCHEME WILL ALSO BE REALIGNED OR WIDENED TO IMPROVE THROUGH-PUT TRAFFIC CAPACITY OF WESTERN ACCESS.
A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY WILL BE PROVIDED ACROSS JUNCTION ROAD IMMEDIATELY EAST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH WESTERN ACCESS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST AND BE COMPLETED BY AROUND 1989.
NEW ROAD PROPOSED FOR WESTERN RECLAMATION
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THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT PROPOSES TO BUILD A 350-METRE-LONG CARRIAGEWAY AT WESTERN RECLAMATION TO SERVE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
THE 13.5-METRE-WIDE CARRIAGEWAY, LEADING FROM CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST OPPOSITE WATER STREET, WILL BE USED AS ACCESS TO THE WESTERN WHOLESALE MARKET AND WATER PUMPING STATION NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
IT WILL FORM PART OF THE PERMANENT ROAD NETWORK AT THE WESTERN RECLAMATION WHEN COMPLETED.
IN ADDITION, FOOTPATHS WILL BE PROVIDED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS.
A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED WORKS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
ANY WRITTEN OBJECTION SHOULD REACH THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT BY JUNE 9.
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