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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1991

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SECTION OF PRINCE EDWARD ROAD TO BE REBUILT

**

FOR

STREET

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $48 MILLION CONTRACT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PRINCE EDWARD ROAD EAST BETWEEN KING TAI

ΤΟ AND IMPROVEMENTS AND KOWLOON CITY INTERCHANGE,

APPROACH ROADS TO HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THE SOUTHERN

(KOWLOON), MR CHIU WING-HUNG, THE REGIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER

KING ΤΑΙ STREET SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT PRINCE EDWARD ROAD FROM

RECONSTRUCTED TO

MINOR INCLUDE TO KOWLOON CITY ROUNDABOUT WOULD BE

DRAINS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CARRIAGEWAY ALIGNMENTS AND STORM WATER

AT THE WESTBOUND APPROACH WELL AS PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL LANE KOWLOON CITY ROUNDABOUT.

AS

TO

IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SOUTHERN APPROACH ROADS TO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WILL INCLUDE:

THE HONG

KONG

CONSTRUCTION OF A GYRATORY SUNG WONG TOI ROAD;

SYSTEM IN OLYMPIC

AVENUE

AND

*

RE-ROUTING OF KOWLOON CITY ROAD BETWEEN MA TAU KOK ROAD SUNG WONG TOI ROAD TO ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND; AND

AND

* JUNCTION IMPROVEMENTS AT

JUNCTION.

KWA TO

WAN ROAD/SAN SHAN ROAD

"LANDSCAPING WORKS

WILL

BE

CARRIED

то OUT

ENVIRONMENT UPON COMPLETION OF THE NEW CARRIAGEWAYS,'

ENHANCE MR CHIU SAID.

THE

DURING THE CONSTRUCTION

WESTBOUND LANE IN CONSTRUCTION WORKS.

PRINCE EDWARD

ONE EASTBOUND AND ONE PERIOD,

ROAD EAST

BE WILL

OCCUPIED

FOR

MOTORISTS TRAVELLING FROM KOWLOON CITY ROUNDABOUT

ROUTE VIA CHOI AND SAI KUNG ARE ADVISED TO USE AN ALTERNATIVE

TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL AND ROAD AND PO KONG VILLAGE ROAD TO THE CHEUNG ROAD.

ΤΟ ЯНА

TIN

HUNG

LUNG

APPROPRIATE SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS USING

A PERIOD OF ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FROM THE END OF THIS MONTH FOR MONTHS.

THIS

EIGHT

FURTHER ADVICE

то

MOTORISTS

WILL BR

ISSUED

AS THE TAKE GREAT

WORKS CARE

PROGRESS. MOTORISTS ARE REQUESTED TO BE PATIENT AND WHEN THEY DRIVE THROUGH THE SITE OF THE WORKS.

LANES WILL BE MAINTAINED THE EXISTING NUMBER OF TRAFFIC SUNG WONG TOI ROAD AND OLYMPIC AVENUE UNTIL THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS OPENED TO TRAFFIC.

IN

ARB

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THE WORKS OF THIS CONTRACT WILL COMMENCE ON FRIDAY (AUGUST AND THE ROADWORKS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN 27 MONTHS.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED SUPERVISED BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.

AND

CONSTRUCTION

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WILL

BE