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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1989

TWO ROADS IN KWAI CHUNG TO BE IMPROVED

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THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT PROPOSES то SHUN STREET AND KWAI YUE STREET IN KWAI CHUNG.

IMPROVE AND WIDEN WING

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY}: "THE CARRIAGEWAYS OF WING SIUN STREET AND KWAI YUE STREET ARE BOTH 7.3 METRES WIDE AND ARE FREQUENTLY USED BY HEAVY GOODS AND CONTAINER VEHICLES SERVING THE GODOWNS, THE RAMBLER CARGO HANDLING AREAS, THE KWAI CHUNG INCINERATOR AND THE TSUEN WAN ABATTOIR.

WIDENING

"THE TSUEN WAN TRANSPORT STUDY PHASE 3 RECOMMENDED BOTH WING SHUN STREET AND KWAI YUE STREET TO 10.3 METRES, DISTRICT DISTRIBUTOR STANDARD.

"LINKING NA TAU PA ROAD IN THE NORTH, AND KWAI ΤΑΙ KWAI TSING ROAD IN THE SOUTH, THE PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A DISTRICT DISTRIBUTOR ROAD OF CONSISTENT STANDARD BETWEEN DISTRICT AND PILLAR ISLAND.

ROAD AND CREATING TSUEN WAN

"ON COMPLETION, THE PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A MAJOR VEHICULAR ROUTE BETWEEN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT AND KWAI CHUNG PARK AND CATER FOR THE RIVIERA GARDEN DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED TO HOUSE AROUND 25,000 RESIDENTS, HE SAID.

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THE PROPOSED PROJECT INCLUDES:

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WIDENING AND RECONSTRUCTING WING SHUN STREET STREET;

AND

KWAI YUR

WIDENING THE FOOTPATH IN WING SHUN STREET ADJACENT TO THE CEMETERY AND THAT IN KWAI YUE STREET ADJACENT TO THE FUTURE

PARK KHAI CHUNG

TO 2.75 METRES AND RECONSTRUCTING THE FOOTPATH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BOTH STREETS;

RECONSTRUCTING THE CARRIAGEWAY AND FOOTPATHS OF A SECTION KWAI OF KWAI TAI ROAD ABOUT 300 METRES LONG ADJACENT TO THE CHUNG INCINERATOR PLANT AND THE FUTURE KWAI CHUNG PARK; AND

BUILDING A 80-METRE LONG NEW ROAD WITH A 7.3 METRES WIDE CARRIAGEWAY AND FOOTPATHS ON BOTH SIDES OF WING SHUN STREET NEAR THE TSUEN WAN ABATTOIR.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE ROAD WIDENING WORK IN WING SHUN

CUTTING STREET AND KWAI YUE STREET WOULD REQUIRE

INTO THE HILLSIDE FUTURE KWAI ADJACENT TO TSUEN WAN CEMETERY AND THE EMBANKMENT OF THE CHUNG PARK.

OPPORTUNITY THE DEPARTMENT WOULD ALSO TAKE THE

TO BRING THE CURRENT EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEM UP TO

STANDARD AND INCREASE DURABILITY OF THE CARRIAGEWAYS BY EMPLOYING CONCRETE

THE SLAB

CONSTRUCTION.

/THE PROJECT