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TUEN MUN ROAD PROJECT
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1974
$222 MILLION CONTRACT SIGNED
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A FEATURE OF THE TUEN MUN ROAD PROJECT, THE CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF WHICH WAS SIGNED TODAY IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WILL BE 16 MAJOR BRIDGES ALONG ITS 9 1/2 MILE LENGTH
THERE WILL ALSO BE TWO FLYOVER JUNCTION COMPLEXES, OR GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGES, AT SHAM TSENG AND TAI LAM CHUNG.
AS PART OF THE FIRST STAGE OF THE SCHEME ABOUT FOUR MILLION CUBIC METRES OF MATERIAL WILL BE EXCAVATED, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL BY DREDGING FROM TAI LAM CHUNG BAY OF OVER HALF A MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THE CONTRACT, AT $222 MILLION, IS THE LARGEST SINGLE CONTRACT LET BY THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE. THE NEW ROAD, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY LINK TUEN MUN AND TSUEN WAN WITH A SIX-LANE HIGHWAY, WILL BE AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN THE PROJECT WAS REFLECTED IN THE PRESENCE AT THE SIGNING TODAY OF SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT BODIES.
SIGNING ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT WAS THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAYS ENGINEER, MR. GORDON SAPSTEAD. THE CONTRACTOR IS KUMAGAI GUMI (HK) LTD AND THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN OF THE ROAD ARE SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS.
THE DESIGN AND THE CONTRACT MARK A STEP FORWARD IN THE GOVERNMENT'S METRICATION PROGRAMME SINCE THE SPECIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP IN METRIC TERMS.
NOTE TO EDITORS: SKETCH PLANS OF THE ROAD PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE
FOR COLLECTION FROM THE G.I.S. PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
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