SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1978
WORK ON ROUTE 3 PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY
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WORK IS GOING AHEAD FULL STEAM ON ROUTE 3, A MAIN TRAFFIC ROUTE BETWEEN THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND KWUN TONG VIA THE WESTERN APPROACHES AND THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD.
MR. ALBERT LIU, SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID: +WORK ON THE WESTERN APPROACHES, WHICH CONSISTS OF AN INTERCHANGE AT WUHU STREET/CHATHAM ROAD, AN ELEVATED ROADWAY ALONG CHATHAM ROAD AND KOWLOON CITY ROAD TOGETHER WITH AN INTERCHANGE AT SAN SHAN ROAD, IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.+
THE AIRPORT TUNNEL HAD BEEN COMPLETED WITH ONLY VENTILATION, LIGHTING AND TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT TO BE INSTALLED.
MR. LIU SAID THE TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE EASTERN APPROACHES TO THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD HAD BEEN RECEIVED.
IF APPROVAL WERE GIVEN BY THE TENDER BOARD THIS MONTH WORK COULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY, HE SAID.
WORK ON THE SECTION CONNECTING KWUN TONG AND KOWLOON BAY IS ALSO MAKING HEADWAY.
THE WHOLE PROJECT, COSTING $335 MILLION, IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN MID-1981.
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