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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1988

THE ROAD UNDER THIS PHASE WOULD BE ABOUT THREE KILOMETRES LONG.

THE SECTION BETWEEN FAIRVIEW PARK AND THE FUTURE AU TAU BYPASS WAS DESIGNED AS A HIGH CAPACITY TRUNK ROAD WITH NO FRONTAGE ACCESS.

INITIALLY IT WOULD BE A DUAL TWO-LANE TWO-WAY SERVICE ROAD ON EACH SIDE.

CARRIAGEWAY

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CONSTRUCTED

PROVISION HAD BEEN MADE FOR ADDITIONAL LANES TO BE AT A LATER DATE FOR WIDENING THE CARRIAGEWAY TO DUAL THREE-LANE.

THE REMAINING SECTION BETWEEN THE FUTURE AU TAU BYPASS AND AU TAU WAS DESIGNED AS A DISTRICT DISTRIBUTOR WITH A DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY.

A VEHICULAR UNDERPASS WOULD BE PROVIDED AT FUNG KAT HEUNG AND VEHICULAR OVERBRIDGES WOULD BE PROVIDED ACROSS THE KAM TIN RIVER AND THE FUTURE AU TAU BYPASS.

PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES WOULD BE PROVIDED AT POK MO FAN TSUEN, SHA PO AND AU TAU.

WAI,

OTHER ASSOCIATED WORK WOULD INCLUDE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, LANDSCAPING AND ROAD LIGHTING,

CONSTRUCTION WOULD START SOON AND BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1990.

THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WAS FROM FAN KAM ROAD TO PAK SHEK AU. IT WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN APRIL LAST YEAR.

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THE SECOND PHASE, FROM PAK SHEK AU TO MAI

AND THE THIRD PHASE, FROM MAI PO TO FAIRVIEW PARK, WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WERE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY EARLY 1989 AND EARLY 1990 RESPECTIVELY.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIFTH PHASE, AU TAU BYPASS WAS SCHEDULED TO START IN LATE 1989 FOR COMPLETION BY 1992.

COMPLETION,

UPON FULL

THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY RELIEVE CONGESTION ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD. IT WOULD BECOME PART OF A DIRECT ROUTE FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA VIA THE BORDER CROSSING AT LOR MA CHAU WHICH WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND DUE FOR COMPLETION AT THE SAME TIME AS THE SECOND SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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