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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1992

NEW ROAD WILL MEET INCREASE IN CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC

MA CHAU ZHU-SHEN

MA CHAU WILL HAVE AMPLE THE ROAD BETWEEN YUEN LONG AND LOK CAPACITY TO MEET THE PROJECTED INCREASE IN TRAFFIC USING LOK BORDER CROSSING

THE OPENING OF

I PHASE

EXPRESSWAY.

THE

AFTER

OF THE

GILBERT LEUNG IN SECRETARY FOR

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON

THE (WEDNESDAY), COUNCIL TODAY LEGISLATIVE TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG SAID THIS SECTION OF THE CIRCULAR ROAD WAS PLANNED TO BE A DUAL-THREE LANE EXPRESSWAY.

NEW TERRITORIES

FROM LOK MA CHAU ΤΟ "CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PART OF THE ROAD FAIRVIEW PARK HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND OPENED TO TRAFFIC.

"THE REMAINING SECTION, FROM FAIRVIEW PARK TO AU

HE SAID. FOR COMPLETION IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR,

M

TAU, IS DUE

ADDITION, THE TUEN MR LEUNG SAID IN

MUN-YUEN LONG EASTERN DUE FOR COMPLETION IN CORRIDOR AND THE YUEN LONG SOUTHERN BY-PASS, JULY 1993 AND JULY 1994 RESPECTIVELY, WOULD HELP ENSURE A SMOOTH OF TRAFFIC TO AND FROM THE BORDER.

FLOW

BORDER

"AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THIS ROUTE, VEHICLES CROSSING THE

AREA VIA THE CIRCULAR ROAD AT LOK MA CHAU CAN TRAVEL TO THE URBAN AND THE TOLO HIGHWAY.

OF ROUTE 3 MR LEUNG SAID PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR THAT SECTION

IN CONNECTING AU TAU, AND NORTH TSING YI (THE COUNTRY PARK SECTOR) WAS

THE MIDDLE HAND, AND WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY A FINANCIAL CONSULTANCY IN OF THIS YEAR.

"THE PURPOSE IS TO ASSESS THE VIABILITY OF THIS 'BUILD, OPERATE AND TRANSFER' (BOT) SCHEME WITH A VIEW IMPLEMENTED BEFORE 1998," HE SAID.

PROJECT

AS

то ITS

A BEING

0

FLUSHING WITH TREATED SEWAGE EFFLUENT EXPENSIVE

TIN

THAT IT

FOR WAS

THE

LEGISLATIVE

A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON USING TREATED SEWAGE EFFLUENT (TSE)

CONCLUDED NEW TOWN FLUSHING PURPOSES IN THE SHA TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE BUT WAS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN USING SEA-WATER,

MISS ELAINE CHƯNG. INFORMED THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

WONG, MISS THE MA ON SHAN

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SAMUEL CHUNG SAID FINDINGS OF THE STUDY APPLIED EQUALLY TO AND TAI PO NEW TOWNS.

"IN ADDITION