MONDAY, JULY 10, 1978.
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DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING VISITS PWD WORK SITES
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THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR. DAVID STEAD TODAY VISITED SOME OF THE P.W.D. WORK SITES IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF VARIOUS PROJECTS.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MR. WONG KWOK-CHOY, CHIEF ENGINEER, CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, CIVIL ENGINEERING OFF ICE- MR. AU CHI-LAU, CHIEF ENGINEER
CHIEF ENGINEER, HIGHWAYS (NEW TERRITORIES) DIVISION, AND MR. LEUNG MIN-SUN, CHIEF ENGINEER, RAILWAY DIVISION.
AMONG THE PROJECTS INSPECTED WERE THE CLEARWATER BAY ROAD IMPROVEMENT, THE FIRST LION ROCK TUNNEL REFURBISHING, TEXACO ROAD/CASTLE PEAK ROAD GRADE SEPARATED INTERSECTION, BEACON HILL TUNNEL DOUBLE TRACKING AND MONGKOK RAILWAY STATION REMODELLING PHASE ONE.
THE NEW 2.3-KILOMETRE DOUBLE TRACK BEACON HILL RAILWAY TUNNEL, COSTING A TOTAL OF ABOUT $97 MILLION, WILL, REPLACE THE EXISTING SINGLE TRACK TUNNEL. IT IS BEING BUILT TO THE WEST OF THE EXISTING TUNNEL.
MR. STEAD SAID THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR TUNNEL HAD MADE GOOD PROGRESS.
+SO FAR, OPEN EXCAVATION NEAR THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN PORTALS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, HE SAID.
+AT EACH PORTAL THERE ARE TWO PILOT TUNNELS EACH MEASURING ABOUT 3.5 METRES BY 4 METRES IN SIZE. ABOUT 200 METRES OF TUNNEL HAVE BEEN DRILLED AT THE SOUTHERN PORTAL IN KOWLOON TONG AND 36 METRES AT THE NORTHERN PORTAL.+
MR. STEAD ADDED THAT THE TUNNEL, DUE TO BE COMPLETED BY MID-1980, WOULD BE LINED THROUGHOUT WITH CONCRETE VARYING IN THICKNESS FROM 550 MM NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO 300 MM OVER MOST OF ITS LENGTH.
+THE ROUTE FOR THE TUNNEL WILL IMPROVE THE ALIGNMENT OF THE KCR AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE RAILWAY, PARTICULARLY FOR GOODS TRAFFIC,+ HE REMARKED.
EARLIER. THE DIRECTOR VISITED THE SITE OF THE MULTI-MILLION- DOLLAR FLYOVER COMPLEX AT THE JUNCTION OF TEXACO ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
WORK IS IN PROGRESS ON THE FOUNDATION AND RETAINING WALL FOR THE FLYOVER.
THE 230-METRE-LONG FLYOVER WILL CARRY FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC OVER CASTLE. PEAK ROAD WHILE THE SLIP ROADS WILL LINK CASTLE PEAK ROAD WITH TEXACO ROAD AND KWOK SHUI ROAD.
ALSO INSPECTED TODAY WAS THE REFURBISHING WORK BEING CARRIED OUT AT THE FIRST LION ROCK TUNNEL.
THE WORK INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS OF THE TWO APPROACH ROADS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS.
MR. STEAD SAID THAT ALL THE WORKS WOULD BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER AND THE TUNNEL WOULD BE RE-OPENED TO TRAFFIC SOON. AFTERWARDS.
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