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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1989

THIS WOULD PROVIDE EXTRA CAPACITY FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN KOWLOON AND SHA TIN AND THUS HELP RELIEVE SERIOUS CONGESTION AT LION ROCK

TUNNEL.

THE PROJECT IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN THREE STAGES.

STAGE 1 INCLUDES THREE SECTIONS BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING PLACES:

* KOWLOON GOVERNMENT EXPLOSIVE DEPOT AND SHA TIN LOOKOUT;

* LOK HOP VILLAGE AND KENG HAU ROAD; AND

* SHA TIN HEIGHTS ROAD AND CHIK WAN STREET.

FROM FRIDAY, THERE WILL BE ONE NORTHBOUND LANE AND TWO KOWLOON BOUND LANES ALONG THESE SECTIONS.

TO ENSURE SMOOTH TRAFFIC, "NO STOPPING"

RESTRICTIONS WILL BE

IMPOSED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ADJOINING THE KOWLOON RESERVOIR THERE WOULD BE TWO NEW PUBLIC CARPARKS WITH A TOTAL OF 80 PARKING SPACES,

THESE CARPARKS WOULD BE WELCOMED BY VISIORS TO THE KAM SHAN AND LION ROCK COUNTRY PARKS, HE SAID.

THE STAGE 1 IMPROVEMENT WORKS, COSTING $35 MILLION, BEGAN IN APRIL 1986.

THE STAGE 2 WORKS COVER THE SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD FROM TAI PING INTERCHANGE TO THE KOWLOON RESERVOIR.

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THESE BEGAN IN DECEMBER 1986 AND ARE DUE FOR COMPLETION IN SEPTEMBER. THE COST IS $37 MILLION.

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THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF TAI PO ROAD FROM SHA TIN ΤΟ ΤΑΙ WO PING INTERCHANGE ARE COVERED UNDER STAGE

WHICH WILL CORT $41 MILLION.

THESE WORKS BEGAN LAST SEPTEMBER AND ARE DUR TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE COMPLETION OF THE TAI PO ROAD IMPROVEMENT AND THE OPENING OF ROUTE 5 AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME WOULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE SOME EASING OF THE CONGESTION AT LION ROCK TUNNEL BEFORE THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL OPENED IN LATE 1991.

STAGE TRANSPORT

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS TO COINCIDE WITH THE OPENING OF THE 1 TAI PO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

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