FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1977
TENDER CALLED FOR TAI KOK TSUI FLYOVER
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WORK WILL BEGIN ROADWAY FROM TAI KOK GROUND LEVEL ROADS.
SOON ON A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR ELEVATED TSUI TO SHAM SHUI PO AND THE ASSOCIATED
TENDERS FOR THE WORK, WHICH FORMS PHASE ONE OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE $300 MILLION WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR PROJECT, WERE
INVITED TODAY.
WHEN COMPLETED, IT WILL PROVIDE A VERY DESIRABLE BY-PASS FOR TRAFFIC TRAVELLING THROUGH THE HEAVILY CONGESTED TAI KOK TSUI AREA.
MR. T.S. NG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE SAID: +WORK WILL BEGIN
IN OCTOBER AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 27 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
+ THE WORK WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELEVATED NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY ALONG TAI KOK TSUI ROAD FROM CHERRY STREET TO THE TUNG CHAU STREET JUNCTION, AND AN ELEVATED SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY WITH A SLIP ROAD LEADING TO TUNG CHAU STREET AND TERMINATING IN THE VICINITY OF THE PRINCE EDWARD ROAD JUNCTION, HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE WITH THREE TRAFFIC LANES IN EACH DIRECTION WOULD BE ABOUT ONE KILOMETRE IN LENGTH.
MR. NG SAID THAT THE ASSOCIATED GROUND LEVEL ROADS AT TAI KOK TSUI ROAD AND TUNG CHAU STREET WOULD BE RECONSTRUCTED ON A NEW ALIGNMENT.
MR. NG POINTED OUT THAT THE ELEVATED ROADWAY WOULD BE EXTENDED IN STAGES TO LINK UP IN THE SOUTH WITH GASCOIGNE ROAD/FERRY STREET SECTION WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IN THE NORTH WITH LAI CHI KOK ROAD TO COMPLETE THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR.
ON COMPLETION, THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR WILL PROVIDE A PRIMARY DISTRIBUTOR HIGHWAY FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND WEST AS WELL AS NORTHWEST KOWLOON.
THE SCHEME HAS BEEN DESIGNED, AND THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY CONSULTANT ENGINEERS, MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA ON BEHALF OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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