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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1990

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GOVERNOR OPENS TUNNEL LINA BETWEEN SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN

—

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) DECLARED

TIN AND THE FASTEST ROUTE BETWEEN SHA THE SHING MUN TUNNELS WAN.

OPEN

TSUEN

ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON AND THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT,

WHICH WILL CUT MICHAEL LEUNG, SIR DAVID DROVE THROUGH THE NEW ROAD,

TOWNS FROM 45 MINUTES THE JOURNEY TIME BETWEEN THE TWO NEW

TO 10

MINUTES.

MR

LINKING TSUEN WAN THE TWIN-TUBE TUNNELS FORM PART OF ROUTE 5

OPENED ΤΟ AND SHA TIN AND WILL BE

TRAFFIC FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, PROVIDING YET ANOTHER ROAD FACILITY FOR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.

TSUEN TRAFFIC

MR SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS,

CONNECTED BY APPROACH ROADS AT KWEI SEE-KAN, SAID THAT THE TUNNELS, THE SHA TIN END TO TAI PO ROAD, AND AT THE TSUEN WAN END TO THE KAM INTERCHANGE, SHOULD PROVIDE SOME MEASURE OF RELIEF TO THE

PO ROAD AND AT CONGESTION PRESENTLY EXPERIENCED ALONG THE TAI LION ROCK TUNNEL.

THE

WERE EXPRESSWAYS HE SAID, BOTH THE TUNNELS AND APPROACH ROADS

TAKEN INTO AND ALLOWANCES HAD BEEN

IN THEIR DESIGNS FOR TRAFFIC GROWTH IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

5 WAS THE RESULT OF FEASIBILITY то LINK SHA ΤΙΝ

THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROUTE STUDIES CARRIED OUT IN 1980S ON A HIGH SPEED ROUTE AND TSUEN WAN.

THE PRESENT TUNNEL ALIGNMENT WAS SELECTED ON THE BASIS NEED то PRESERVE THE BEAUTY TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY PARKS.

OF ALL OF THE

THE ROUTE

STARTED IN APRIL

1986 AND WAS

CONSTRUCTION OF COMPLETED AT A COST OF $1.3 BILLION, HE SAID.

ALSO ATTENDING TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE COMMISSIONER

AND THE ACTING

FOR TRANSPORT, MR SIU KWING-CHUE,

TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MR CHOW CHE-KING,

DIRECTOR OF

THE

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