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of those projects,
including
those to be financed by the
private sector, was then estimated at some $127 billion at 1989 prices over the period up to 2006. The Government had now refined a list of those projects which are required to meet the primary
airport open in
aim of having the first runway of the new 1997. These are the airport itself, the
bridges,
reclamation.
the
transportation
links
and
associated
estimated order of costs of
these
key airport
projects is as follows :
FLUJECT
Order of cost
($ million at 1990 prices
in peld to 1997)
BEN KOW
xon Reclamation
Western Kowloon Expressway
Western Harbour Crossing
Route 3 (section linking Tsing Yi, Kwai)
Chung and West Kowloon)
9,500
2,500
4,000
5,000
Chek Lap Kok Airport
38,000
North Lantau Expressway
5,000
(including rail reserve)
Tung Chung development phase I
3,000
Crossing between Lantau and Tsing Yi
- two bridges
7,000
- rail portion of bridges & route 3
interchange
3,000
Utilities & Other Miscellaneous
2,000
(These Costs are approximate, as most of the projects are currently at the preliminary design stage. Also the figures do not include allowance for contingencies. The Airport Railway has also been excluded. A study of the railway is currently in hand, which will review the scope and target Commissioning uate or the project.)
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