SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1987
TRANSPORT SECRETARY TO OPEN NEW FLYOVER
OFFICIATE WEST
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, WILL AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CHEUNG SHA WAN SECTION OF THE KOWLOON CORRIDOR ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 27).
THE $600 MILLION WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR PROJECT IS A HIGH CAPACITY ELEVATED ROAD LINKING GASCOIGNE ROAD WITH LAI CHI KOK ROAD NEAR MEI FOO.
ITS CONSTRUCTION IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR STAGES WITH THE CHEUNG SHA WAN SECTION BEING ITS THIRD. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE CORRIDOR WITH THE COMPLETION OF STAGE FOUR WILL BE ABOUT FIVE KILOMETRES.
THE 1.25 KILOMETRE CHEUNG SHA WAN SECTION RUNS FROM THE NORTHERN END OF THE CORRIDOR IN LAI CHI KOK ROAD NEAR MEI FOO ΤΟ THE EXISTING SECTION AT YEN CHOW STREET NEAR SHAM SHUI PO FERRY PIER.
THIS SECTION WILL BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM ON NOVEMBER 28.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID: "THE OPENING OF THE CHEUNG SHA WAN SECTION WILL GREATLY IMPROVE TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN SOUTH KOWLOON AND THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.
"IT WILL ALSO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND LEVEL ROADS IN THE LAI CHI KOK AND SHAM SHUI PO AREAS.
"SOUTHBOUND MOTORISTS WILL BE ABLE TO TRAVEL FROM THE CORRIDOR'S NORTHERN END IN LAI CHI KOK ROAD NEAR MEI FOO то TAI KOK TSUI, REACHING GROUND LEVEL AT TONG MEI ROAD NEAR MONG KOK ROAD.
"MOTORISTS GOING TO TSIM THE GROUND VIA FERRY STREET AND
SHA TSUI CAN CONTINUE TO TRAVEL ON CANTON ROAD.
"THOSE GOING TO THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND EAST KOWLOON AREA CAN TRAVEL ALONG TONG MEI ROAD, FERRY STREET AND UP A RAM CONNECTING WITH THE EXISTING GASCOIGNE ROAD FLYOVER, HE SAID.
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"NORTHBOUND MOTORISTS TRAVELLING FROM THE GASCOIGNE ROAD END OF THE CORRIDOR WILL REACH GROUND LEVEL AT FERRY STREET NEAR KANSU STREET.
"SHOULD THEY WANT TO HEAD NORTH, THEY TURN LEFT AT THE JUNCTION BETWEEN FERRY STREET AND CHERRY STREET, THEN GO UP A RAM LEADING TO THE CORRIDOR AT TAI KOK TSUI ROAD.
KOK TSUI ROAD, AND
"FROM THERE, THE CORRIDOR RUNS ABOVE TAI TUNG CHAU STREET, LEADING MOTORISTS TO ITS NORTHERN END AT LAI CHI KOK ROAD, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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