SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1977
TENDER FOR ANOTHER SECTION OF LION ROCK TUNNEL CARRIAGEWAY
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRAFFIC INTERCHANGE AND SECTION OF THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY OF LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD AT HUNG MUI KUK.
THE WORK COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 440 METRES OF A 7.3-METRE WIDE CARRIAGEWAY IN THE VICINITY OF HUNG MUI KUK TOGETHER WITH A TRAFFIC INTERCHANGE AND SLIP ROADS TO PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO KAK TIN VILLAGE AND NEARBY NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
IT FORMS PART OF THE ROAD NETWORK PLANNED FOR SHA TIN
NEW TOWN.
MR. CHEN SHAO-CHI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID TODAY WORK ON THIS PROJECT WOULD START IN DECEMBER AND WOULD TAKE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MEANWHILE, HE SAID THAT WORK UNDER ANOTHER CONTRACT, WHICH INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 2.5 KILOMETRES OF THE 7.3-METRE WIDE CARRIAGEWAY AND THE WIDENING OF THE EXISTING LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD TO FOUR LANES, WAS PROGRESSING WELL.
+WHEN THE SECOND LION ROCK TUNNEL IS COMPLETED IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR, THE EXISTING ONE WILL BE REFURBISHED, + SAID MR. CHEN.
+BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, THE TWO-TUBE TUNNELS SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL AND, TOGETHER WITH THE STAGE ONE OF THIS PROJECT, THE NEW CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF CARRYING THE INCREASED VOLUME OF TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.+
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