WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1977
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TENDER FOR LINK ROAD TO AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BEGIN WORK SHORTLY ON THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SOUTHERN APPROACH ROAD TO AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT WILL BE INVITED TOMORROW (THURSDAY) BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE P.W.D.
MR. T.S. NG, CHIEF P.W.D. ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID TODAY THAT WORK WOULD START IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE PROJECT WOULD INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 900-METRE-LONG ROAD, A SLIP ROAD AND A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY ON AP LE CHAU,
MR. NG SAID THAT ON COMPLETION, THE APPROACH ROAD TOGETHER WITH THE AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE WOULD PROVIDE A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE AP LE! CHAU HOUSING ESTATE AND ABERDEEN WHILE THE SLIP ROAD MEASURING 270 METRES IN LENGTH, WOULD LINK AP LEI CHAU VILLAGE WITH THE SOUTHERN APPROACHES TO THE BRIDGE.
+TO FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS, A SUBWAY WILL BE BUILT NEAR THE AP LEI CHAU KAIFONG SCHOOL. FOOTPATHS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SLIP ROAD AND ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE MAIN ROAD, HE SAID.
MEANWHILE, WORK IS UNDERWAY ON THE $32 MILLION AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE AND ITS NORTHERN ROAD CONNECTIONS IN ABERDEEN.
THE 230-METRE-LONG BRIDGE, WHICH WILL CARRY TWO TRAFFIC LANES, WITH A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 1,500 VEHICLES PER HOUR, WILL BE THE FIRST TO LINK HONG KONG WITH ONE OF ITS OFFSHORE ISLANDS.
MR. NG SAID THAT THE SOUTHERN APPROACH ROAD WOULD BE TIMED FOR COMPLETION AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BRIDGE AND THE NORTHERN APPROACH ROADS, SO THAT THE WHOLE SCHEME COULD BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC BY MID-1979.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE AND THE $280 MILLION ABERDEEN TUNNEL, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED BY MID-1980, WOULD PROVIDE A FAST AND DIRECT ROAD LINK FROM AP LEI CHAU TO THE NORTHERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND VIA THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL. AND THENCE THROUGH THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TO KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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