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Thursday, March 15, 1973
PRELIMINARY WORKS FOR AIRPORT EXPANSION
New Fire Station To Be Built On Reclamation
Construction of certain major drainage works in the reclamation planned for the future expansion of the Kai Tak Airport will begin shortly.
The works involve the construction of a 500 ft. twin box culvert,
a reinforced concrete bridge across Kai Tak nullah and the extension of
the nullah by about 1500 feet.
The project, to be undertaken by a consortium of private firms
with limited Government participation, is essential to the completion of the future Air Cargo Complex.
Work is expected to begin in May and will take about 15 months
to complete.
At the same time, about 700 feet of seawall and about 400 feet
of temporary enbankment will be built at the northeastern side of the
airport runway.
A new airport fire station will be built on the reclamation behind
the seawall. It will be linked to the runway by a slip road to be
constructed soon.
Work will begin in June and will take about eight months to complete.
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