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The Transport Department is now considering converting the roundabout into a signalised junction, so as to try to improve traffic flow. The Yuen Long District Board will shortly be consulted again on this proposal.
As part of the Route 3 (Country Park Section) project, two slip roads will be built to link the NTCR with the Yuen Long Highway via Pok Oi Interchange, for completion in mid 1998. These will relieve the Au Tau Roundabout, since all traffic between the NTCR and the Yuen Long Highway in both directions will be diverted away from it. The Au Tau Roundabout will then mainly serve local traffic between Yuen Long and Kam Tin.
A proposal to build a temporary flyover to relieve the roundabout, has been considered in the past. However, apart from the high estimated construction cost of about $130M, it is clear that such a project could not be completed before the year 2000, by which time substantial relief would have been provided by the new Route 3 (Country Park Section) highway which is scheduled for opening in mid 1998.
End/Wednesday, July 5, 1995
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