TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1979
BRIDGES PROPOSED TO LINK KOWLOON AND LANTAU
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THE CONSULTANTS APPOINTED BY GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE A PROPOSED FIXED CROSSING FROM THE KOWLOON MAINLAND TO LANTAU ISLAND HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR REPORT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) IT WAS HOPED A DECISION ON THE REPORT WOULD BE REACHED IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
+ IT IS A VERY DETAILED AND COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, AND GOVERNMENT WILL WANT TO EXAMINE IT VERY CLOSELY, HE SAID.
THE REPORT RECOMMENDS:
* A MAIN SPAN CONCRETE PRESTRESSED CANTILEVER BRIDGE ACROSS
RAMBLER CHANNEL.
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A HIGHWAY ACROSS THE NORTH SIDE OF TSING YI ISLAND.
A 1,350-METRE MAIN SPAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER THE MAIN CROSSING FROM TSING Y! TO MA WAN.
A HIGHWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MA WAN WITH APPROACH VIADUCTS FOR THE KAP SHUI MUN CROSSING.
* A 480-METRE MAIN SPAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER KAP SHUI MUN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CONSULTANTS SAID NUMEROUS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS HAD BEEN EXAMINED AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS MADE.
+THE RESULTS OF OUR INVESTIGATIONS HAVE ENABLED US TO RECOMMEND A SINGLE SCHEME AS BEING CLEARLY SUPERIOR TO ALL THE ALTERNATIVES,+ HE SAID.
+WHILE THE SCHEME IS PROFESSIONALLY CHALLENGING, ALL THE RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS FALL WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF PRESENTLY AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY.+
+ THE RESULTING STRUCTURES IN THEIR DRAMATIC SETTING WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY RANK ALONG SIDE OTHERS, SUCH AS THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, IN WORLD-WIDE RENOWN,+ HE ADDED.
THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER THE MAIN CROSSING WOULD HAVE A CLEARANCE OF 62 METRES FOR SHIPPING, THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE ACROSS KAP SHUI MUN WOULD PROVIDE A 50-METRE CLEARANCE.
THE REPORT ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT WHILE THE CROSSING WOULD INITIALLY CATER FOR FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC, THE KAP SHUT MUN AND MAIN CROSSING BRIDGE SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED WITH SUFFICIENT CAPACITY IN CABLES, TOWERS AND ANCHORAGES TO ACCOMMODATE EIGHT LANES.
THE RAMBLER CHANNEL CROSSING WOULD BE BUILT TO CARRY FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC ONLY.
/THE REPORT