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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992

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GOVT COMMITTED TO IMPROVING ROAD SYSTEM IN NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES

THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE ROAD SYSTEM IN THE DEMANDS, NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES TO MEET PRESENT AND FUTURE TRAFFIC THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON STEPHEN NG MING-YUM, MR LEUNG SAID SEVERAL MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WERE IN HAND.

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THESE INCLUDE THE FINAL SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD FROM AU TAU TO FAN KAM ROAD WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION JULY THIS YEAR; THE YUEN LONG/TUEN MUN EASTERN CORRIDOR FOR COMPLETION BY OCTOBER 1993, AND THE YUEN LONG SOUTHERN BY-PASS TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 1994.

LINKED TWO-LANE

"THIS MEANS THAT BY MID 1994, THE TUEN MUN ROAD WILL BE

NEW DUAL ROAD VIA CIRCULAR NEW THE

TERRITORIES EXPRESSWAYS, WHICH WILL GREATLY INCREASE ROAD CAPACITY," HE SAID.

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ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY PARK SECTION OF ROUTE 3 AS A SAID A TERM SOLUTION TO CONGESTION ON TUEN MUN ROAD, MR LEUNG

FOLLOWING WHICH AN FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN EARLY 1990, ALIGNMENT FROM AU TAU THROUGH THE TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK TO TING KAU WAS SELECTED.

"THE PROGRAMME FOR CONSTRUCTING THE ROAD IS NOW BRING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UPDATING OF THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE STUDY," HE SAID.

REVIEWED TRANSPORT

TO COMMISSION A MR LEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT ALSO INTENDED

LARGE-SCALE - PROJECT FINANCIAL CONSULTANCY TO CONSIDER HOW BEST THIS MIGHT BE FINANCED, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF PRIVATISATION.

"THE RESULTS OF THIS CONSULTANCY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS YEAR," HE SAID.

MR LEUNG ALSO OUTLINED A NUMBER OF SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENTS CASTLE PEAK. THESE ARE:

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WIDENING THE SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD ADJACENT SHING ESTATE FOR COMPLETION BY MID 1993; AND

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FOR

INTRODUCING BY STAGES SOME 20 LOCAL IMPROVEment scheMES THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG, WORK ON WHICH HAS JUST STARTED.

MEASURES WILL SECTION

"ON COMPLETION AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THESE RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION CONSIDERABLY, PARTICULARLY IN THE

" HE SAID. OF ROAD NEAR HUNG SHUI KIU,

DUAL TWO-LANE ROAD

WOULD RELIEVE WORKS WILL START BY THE

IN ADDITION, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FRONTING BELVEDERE AND BAYVIEW GARDENS IN CHAI WAN KOK, CONGESTION IN A SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD. END OF THIS YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN 1994.

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/MR LEUNG