Demolition of Chen Fan in the "Chuanlong" car park in Yau Ma Tei: the task of maintaining the Gascoigne Road flyover to traffic is arduous

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Written by: Golden Chess

2021-06-05 12:32

Last update date: 2021-06-05 12:32

The Yau Ma Tei car park building, which has a unique scene of "car donation to hills," has been demolished since March this year in response to the Central Kowloon Route Project.

The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, said today (5th) that in order to make room for a new flyover to connect to the existing Gascoigne Road flyover, the engineering team will first demolish the 7th to 12th floors of the car park building and the north building.

After the existing traffic was diverted to the new flyover, the second phase of demolition work began immediately, and the demolition and replacement of the Gascoigne Road flyover was completed.

He described it as an extremely difficult task for the engineering team to carry out large-scale demolition and facility replacement projects in the downtown area, while constructing tunnels underground, and try not to affect the daily life of residents in the Yau Ma area, and to maintain the original community living facilities. task.

Chen also predicted that the Central Kowloon Route connecting Yau Ma Tei and Kai Tak will be opened to traffic in 2025, saving about 25 minutes of travel time by then.

Chen Fan said in his blog today that in order to solve the traffic congestion in central Kowloon, the Highways Department started construction of the Central Kowloon Route at the end of 2017. The most challenging part of the project is the demolition of the Yau Ma Tei car park. building.

As the Yau Ma Tei car park building began to be demolished at the end of March, the unique scene of "car donation to mountains" will become everyone's memory.

He explained that the Central Kowloon Route includes a 400-meter-long tunnel underneath Gansu Street. Excavation work will affect the foundation of a section of Gascoigne Road flyover. Therefore, the Yau Ma Tei car park building must be demolished and this section of Gascoigne Road flyover needs to be demolished.

On average, more than 50,000 vehicles pass by the Gascoigne Road flyover every day. To reduce inconvenience to the public, the Gascoigne Road flyover will remain open for traffic during the demolition of the Yau Ma Tei car park building.

▼ "Last Open Day" on the 6th to 8th floors of Yau Ma Tei Car Park ▼

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In order to ensure that the structure and safety of the Gascoigne Road flyover will not be affected when the car park building is demolished, the engineering team installed temporary supports in the building, and installed steel protective canopies above the flyover in and out of the building, and set up on the outer wall of the building Protective facilities such as scaffolds, protective nets, and protective fences.

Central Kowloon trunk line expected to open to traffic in 2025

Chen Fan described that due to the high-rise buildings nearby and the underground public facilities and pipelines, the construction space is very narrow.

During the construction period, the roads along the Gascoigne Road flyover, Gansu Street, Temple Street, and Shanghai Street will be open as usual, making the project extremely challenging.

In order to improve engineering efficiency, construction safety and accuracy, the Highways Department adopts Building Information Modelling (Building Information Modelling) technology to simulate the entire disassembly process in a computer virtual environment.

He predicted that the Central Kowloon Route connecting Yau Ma Tei and Kai Tak could be opened to traffic in 2025, saving about 25 minutes of travel time by then.

In addition, the Central Kowloon Route, the T2 Trunk Road and the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel form Route 6, which connects West Kowloon and Tseung Kwan O. It is expected to be fully opened to traffic in 2026. By then, it will only take about 12 minutes from the Yau Ma Tei Interchange to the Tseung Kwan O City Centre, which is much larger The saving is close to 1 hour.

Route of Route 6 and Cross Bay Link Road in Tseung Kwan O.

(Photo from the website of the Secretary for Transport and Housing)

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Transport and Housing Bureau, Chen Fan Highways Department