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Monday, November 6, 1972
NEW ROAD IN AIRPORT
A new road will be built to provide access to areas being reclaimed
for the future expansion of Hong Kong Airport.
To be named Eastern Road, the project comprises the construction
of 2,100 feet of two-lane roadway alongside the eastern airport boundary
together with a security fence and a new sliding palisade gate across an
aircraft taxiway.
On completion, the road will serve as an alternative access route
for construction traffic which will then be able to avoid increasingly congested
areas within the airport.
It will also serve eventually as a permanent service road linking the
passenger terminal and apron services areas with the future air cargo complex.
Work on the project is expected to commence next January and will
take about six months to complete.
BETTER MOORING FACILITIES IN YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER
The Public Works Department plans to install a series of 24 dolphins
in the Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter to provide better mooring facilities for
vessels during typhoons.
The dolphins will be built according to a special pattern to help
delineate the fairways in the shelter.
Construction of the first four dolphins in the series is expected to
begin next month, and will take about five months to complete.
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