No_2_August_1963 — Page 101

M..

ECENTRAL

AREA

RDE

ALBANY

BOTANIC GARDENS

CHURCH GUEST HOUSE

GLENEALY

UPPER ALBERT ROAD

NEW

FLYOVER

ROAD

סכי

120

ALFORD HOUSE;

VICARAGE

▲ Model of the new road up Glenealy, showing how Lower Albert

Road will cross it by a fly-o over.

ALTERNATIVE LINK BETWEEN MID-LEVEL AREA AND

CENTRAL DISTRICT UNDER WAY

YORK began last month on an al

ternative road link between the mid-level area and the Central District of Hong Kong to relieve traffic congestion in Garden Road and in the vicinity of the Hong Kong Cricket Club.

To accommodate this new road. Upper Albert Road will cross it by a multi-span flyover of 200 feet in length.

Cars coming down from Robinson Road will be able to reach the Cen- tral District through Albany Road. Glenealy and Wyndham Street. From the Central area. It will have

The new road with a 2-4-foot wide carriageway will connect Albany Road with Glenealy.

two footpaths of eight feet wide each and will be constructed in eight-inch thick reinforced concrete.

cars may

proceed through Ice House Street. Glenealy and Albany Road to reach the mid-level district,

THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER—VOLUME 18. NUMBER 2

At the same time, a pedestrian subway will be constructed under Albany Road opposite the entrance of the Botanic Gardens for use by visitors to the park.

New traffic lights will be installed at the Glenealy. Wyndham Street and Ice House Street junction and existing lights at the intersection of Queen's Road Central and Pedder Street will be modified to cater for traffic coming down Wyndham Street into Pedder Street.

95