SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1978
WORK ON AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE IN PROGRESS
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WORK ON THE AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE. THE FIRST BRIDGE TO LINK HONG KONG ISLAND WITH ONE OF ITS OFFSHORE ISLANDS, IS MAKING PROGRESS.
MR. A. HAMILTON, P.W.D.'S SENIOR RESIDENT ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT. SAID THAT THE SUB-STRUCTURE FOR THE BRIDGE AND ITS ELEVATED APPROACH ROAD WAS VIRTUALLY COMPLETE.
+ THE LINE OF TALL PIERS IS NOW CLEARLY VISIBLE TO USERS OF WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, HE SAID.
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THE ENTIRE SCHEME INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY WORKS AND LAND ACQUISITION, IS ESTIMATED TO COST $60 MILLION, IT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 230-METRE LONG BRIDGE, THE NORTHERN ROAD CONNECTION IN ABERDEEN AND THE SOUTHERN APPROACH ROADS ON AP LEI CHAU.
ON COMPLETION, THE BRIDGE, WHICH WILL BE OF THE BALANCED CANTILEVER TYPE, WILL CARRY TWO TRAFFIC LANES, WITH A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 1,500 VEHICLES PER HOUR.
A FOOTBRIDGE WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE OVERPASS TO ALLOW PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS SAFELY.
IT WILL ALSO CARRY A WATER MAIN AND OTHER ESSENTIAL UTILITIES TO SERVE THE EXPECTED POPULATION GROWTH ON THE ISLAND, WHERE A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING 19,000 PEOPLE, IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE PROJECT FORMS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO DEVELOP THE SOUTHERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
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