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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1993

HE SAID THE WORKS ALSO MARKED THE COMPLETION OF THE $700 MILLION PLUS COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE KWAI CHUNG ROAD CORRIDOR WHICH WAS THE MAIN ARTERY OF THE KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT ROAD NETWORK AS WELL AS AN IMPORTANT LINK BETWEEN WEST KOWLOON AND NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES.

WORKS FOR THE LAST PHASE OF THE PROJECT BEGAN IN AUGUST 1989.

MR CHOW NOTED THAT SOME OF THE MAJOR WORKS FOR THE LAST PHASE OF THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, INCLUDING THE MODIFIED PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL INTERCHANGE AND THE NEW CHING CHEUNG SLIP ROAD, WERE COMPLETED LAST YEAR AND HAS BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRAFFIC CONDITION IN THE BUSY CONTAINER PORT AREA.

IMPROVEMENT WORKS FOR KWAI CHUNG ROAD SOUTH AND CONTAINER PORT ROAD FORMED ONE OF THE FOUR CONTRACTS LET BY THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DRPARTMENT BETWEEN 1987 AND 1989.

THE OTHER THREE CONTRACTS FOR THE NORTHERN KWAI CHUNG ROAD CORRIDOR WERE ALL COMPLETED IN 1991.

NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT ΤΟ BOTH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC HAS BEEN ACHIEVED WITH THE OPENINGS OF FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEMS IN STAGES SINCE APRIL 1990.

PORTION OF THE

AND PEDESTRIAN NEW FLYOVERS AND

MR CHOW SAID APART FROM IMPROVEMENTS TO KWAI CHUNG ROAD CORRIDOR, HIS DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO CARRYING OUT OTHER MAJOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE VICINITY.

THESE INCLUDED THE $200 MILLION IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES FOR HING FONG ROAD AND TEXACO ROAD, WHICH ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1994.

"BY EARLY 1994, THE ROAD CAPACITY OF HING FONG ROAD WILL BB GREATLY INCREASED WITH THE PROVISION OP A FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM CONNECTING KWAI CHUNG PARK, AND THE EXISTING KWAI TSING ROUNDABOUT WILL BE CONVERTED TO A SIGNALISED JUNCTION.

IMPROVEMENT

"WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE TEXACO ROAD PHASE IT BY THE END OF 1994, THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE TSURN TSING INTERCHANGE WILL BE RELIEVED WITH THE COMPLETION OF A NEW FLYOVER AND AN AT-GRADE SLIP ROAD SYSTEM, MR CHOW ADDED.

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