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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1979
SITE INVESTIGATION WORK ON PROPOSED LANTAU FIXED
CROSSING VIRTUALLY COMPLETE
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SITE INVESTIGATION WORK ON THE PROPOSED LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, THE LARGEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS HIGHWAY PROJECT IN HONG KONG, IS VIRTUALLY COMPLETE.
DR. Y. L. CHOI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT ONE OF THE TWO SITE INVESTIGATIONS HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND THE CONTRACTORS HAD REPORTED THEIR FINDINGS TO THE CONSULTANT FIRM, THE ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP OF HONG KONG.
THE GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION AIMS TO ASCERTAIN THE LEVEL OF THE NATURE OF ROCK BETWEEN TSING YI AND THE NORTHERN TIP OF LANTAU.
DR. CHOI SAID ANOTHER HYDROGRAPHIC AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION IN THE SAME AREA WAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE AND THE CONTRACTORS WERE EXPECTED TO SUBMIT THEIR REPORT TO THE CONSULTANTS SHORTLY,
THE INVESTIGATION COMPRISES A COMPREHENSIVE CURRENT, HYDRO- GRAPHIC AND MARINE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY AND A LIMITED LAND SEISMIC SURVEY.
+ THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS WILL PROVIDE THE CONSULTANTS WITH INFORMATION TO ENABLE OTHER SPECIALIST STUDIES SUCH AS MATHE- MATICAL HYDRAULIC MODEL STUDIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN, HE SAID.
+THESE STUDIES AND OTHER LINES OF RESEARCH WILL ENABLE THE CONSULTANTS TO RECOMMEND TO GOVERNMENT WHETHER THE MAIN CROSSING BETWEEN TSING YI AND MA WAN SHOULD BE A BRIDGE, AN IMMERSED TUBE TUNNEL OR A BORED TUNNEL.+
DR. CHOI SAID THE CONSULTANTS WOULD SUBMIT THEIR FINAL PRELIMINARY REPORT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN MARCH.
THIS REPORT WOULD TAKE DUE CONSIDERATION OF THE FINDINGS OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL AS THE RESULTS OF A NUMBER OF OTHER
INVESTIGATIONS AND STUDIES BEING CARRIED OUT IN HONG KONG AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE REPORT WILL INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ALIGNMENT OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, INCLUDING TYPES OF CROSSING IN ADDITION TO DETAILS OF FULL COSTS AND CONSTRUCTION PHASING.
+AFTER RECEIPT OF THE REPORT AND DUE CONSIDERATION BY THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT BODIES, A DECISION WILL BE MADE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE DETAILED DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, DR. CHOI SAID.
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