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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1988

FURTHER

WITH

EVEN THE TRAFFIC ALONG THE ROUTE WOULD INCREASE THE COMPLETION OF THE VEHICULAR BORDER LINK AT LOK MA CHAU EARLY NEXT YEAR.

BE

THE LOK YUEN

LAM SHE SAID THE OPENING OF THE

KAM ROAD FLYOVER WOULD WELCOMED BY MOTORISTS BECAUSE THE PRESENT TORTUOUS NEGOTIATION OF TWO ROUNDABOUTS AT THE JUNCTIONS WITH LAM KAM ROAD AND HONG ROAD WOULD NO LONGER BE NECESSARY.

IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CAPACITY WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED IN FUTURE YEARS.

THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, WHO ALSO

THE OFFICIATED AT

CEREMONY, SAID THE DUAL TWO-LANE FLYOVER WAS DESIGNED AND SUPERVISED BY HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT ENGINEERS.

TRAFFIC FLOW WITH ASPECTS ALSO WERE A

A PREREQUISITE OF PLANNING WAS TO MAINTAIN

POSSIBLE. AESTHETIC AS LITTLE DISTURBANCE AS MAJOR CONSIDERATION.

ROAD

WITH ITS COMPLETION, HE SAID THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR WAS NOW FULLY GRADE-SEPARATED AT ALL INTERSECTIONS, PROVIDING TRULY "FREE-WAY" TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN SHA TIN AND FANLING.

THIS WOULD RESULT IN REDUCED JOURNEY TIMES, PROVIDING LEVELS OF SERVICE AND ROAD SAFETY TO MOTORISTS.

ROAD

ENHANCED

MR BEATON ADDED THAT THE LAM KAM

FLYOVER COMPLETED THE TAI PO TO UPGRADING OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD FROM SHA TIN, FANLING,

MANY MAJOR PROJECTS, LIKE THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD

TUEN MUN-YUEN LONG IMPROVEMENT, YUEN LONG SOUTHERN BYPASS,

EASTERN

WAN TO CORRIDOR AND ROUTE 5 FROM TSUEN

SHA TIN ARE EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR BEING PLANNED.

OTHER

THESE MAJOR TASKS, SUPPLEMENTED BY

SMALLER SCALE ROAD то BE COMMENCED IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SUCH AS LAM KAM ROAD WIDENING,

YEAR, WOULD TOWARDS THE END OF THIS

PROVIDE AN EFFICIENT HIGHWAY AS WELL AS SYSTEM FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, LINKING UP THE NEW TOWNS THE BORDER CROSSINGS TO THE LARGER URBAN AREAS, HE SAID.

TRAFFIC THE LAM KAM ROAD FLYOVER WILL BE OPEN TO TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

FROM 10 AM

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