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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1988

ROAD TRANSPORT AND OF

THE NEED TO MAINTAIN PROPER PRIORITY OVER THE USE OF SPACE BY DIFFERENT MODES OF PUBLIC ALLEVIATION OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

THE

THE SEATING CAPACITY OF THE OPTIMISATION OF THE USE OF

WITHIN VEHICLES METRIC-TONNE NRW TYPES OF FOUR

AND THE NEED ΤΟ ENSURE COMFORT, EXISTING LEGISLATION

AND

OF PLB DRIVING

UPGRADING SAFETY AND HIGH SKILL OF SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY; AND

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HEALTHY

INTER-MODEL

TRANSPORT MODES.

COMPETITION

BETWEEN

DIFFERENT

CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD-BOUNDARY STREET FLYOVER OPENED

OFFICIALLY

THE CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD-BOUNDARY STREET FLYOVER WAS OPENED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, THIS (MONDAY) MORNING.

THE 550 METRES

LONG

ONE-WAY TWO-LANE

FLYOVER EXTENDS FROM CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD NEAR MAPLE STREET TO BOUNDARY STREET NEAR SAI YEE STREET, PROVIDING FREE FLOW TRAFFIC FROM SHAM SHUI PO TO EAST KOWLOON.

OPENING

OF THE

FLYOVER,

VEHICLES GO THROUGH CONTROLLED

EASTBOUND BEFORE THE TRAVELLING ON CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD TO EAST KOWLOON HAD TO

SIGNAL TRAFFIC CROSSINGS PEDESTRIAN SEVERAL JUNCTIONS.

AND BUSY

WAN ROAD JUNCTION;

THE

THESE INCLUDED THE TAI PO ROAD-CHEUNG SHA THE CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD-BOUNDARY STREET-NATHAN ROAD JUNCTION; AND BOUNDARY STREET-TUNG CHOI STREET JUNCTION.

MOTORISTS

WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW FLYOVER FROM 2 PM TODAY,

AND ROAD JUNCTIONS WILL BE ABLE TO AVOID THESE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND CUT JOURNEY TIME BY ABOUT FOUR MINUTES DURING PEAK HOURS.

THE FLYOVER WAS DESIGNED BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT

SUPERVISING ITS CONSTRUCTION. ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR

CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN JULY 1985 AND WAS COMPLETED IN MONTHS AT A COST OF $26 MILLION.

WHICH WAS

ABOUT 30

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