香港政府
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SOUTH LANTAU ROAD IMPROVEMENT ******
SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1976
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT TO START WORK ON A $35 MILLION SCHEME TO IMPROVE SOUTH LANTAU ROAD ON THE POPULAR HOLIDAY ISLAND
MR. A.D.S. MACDONALD, CHIEF P.W.D. ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (N.T.) DIVISION, SAID TODAY THE SCHEME INVOLVED THE PHASED CONSTRUCTION OF A 11.5-KM HIGHWAY WITH TWO LANES BETWEEN CHEUNG SHA AND KEUNG SHAN AS WELL AS A FOOTPATH FOR PEDESTRIANS.
AT PRESENT. THIS SECTION CONSISTS OF A SINGLE TRACK IN MOST PARTS WITH A NUMBER OF PASSING PLACES AND SHARP BENDS.
+ THE AIM IS TO WIDEN IT AND STRAIGHTEN OUT THE SHARP BENDS AND PROVIDE A 7.3-METRE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY WITH A 1,8-METRE WIDE FOOTPATH ON ONE SIDE THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH,+ MR. MACDONALD SAID.
TENDERS FOR THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR THE STAGE ONE WORKS ARE NOW BEING INVITED.
THE CONTRACT COVERS THE WIDENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SECTION OF SOUTH LANTAU ROAD BETWEEN CHEUNG SHA AND TONG FUK.
WORK ON THIS SECTION, WHICH IS ABOUT ONE KILOMETRE LONG, SHOULD BEGIN IN AUGUST THIS YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT ONE YEAR TO COMPLETE.
THE WORK WILL INVOLVE EXCAVATION IN ROCK CUTTING TO BUILD A NEW 7.3-METRE WIDE CARRIAGEWAY IN REINFORCED CONCRETE TOGETHER WITH A SHORT SPAN BRIDGE, CULVERTS AND ANCILLARY DRAINAGE WORKS,
THE CHEUNG SHA-KEUNG SHAN SECTION IS THE ONLY PART OF SOUTH LANTAU ROAD THAT IS STILL A SINGLE TRACK, THE REMAINING SECTIONS ARE ALREADY PROPER TWO-LANE ROADS.
WHEN THE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME IS FULLY COMPLETED, THE ROUTE WILL PROVIDE CONTINUOUS TWO-WAY TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE POPULAR HOLIDAY AREAS AT THE EASTERN AND WESTERN EXTREMITIES OF THE ISLAND.
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