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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1980
ANOTHER CONTRACT SIGNED FOR EASTERN CORRIDOR PROJECT
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THE HONG KONG ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR PROJECT TOOK A MAJOR STEP FORWARD TODAY (TUESDAY) WITH THE SIGNING OF A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT TO BUILD A 665-METRE SEAWALL OFF QUARRY BAY.
ON COMPLETION, THE AREA BETWEEN THE SEAWALL AND THE EXISTING WATERFRONT WILL BE RECLAIMED TO PROVIDE ABOUT 18 HECTARES OF LAND FOR THE ROAD PROJECT AS WELL AS FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND CARGO HANDLING USES.
THE CONTRACT WHICH COSTS $28.8 MILLION WAS SIGNED TODAY BETWEEN THE CHIEF ENGINEER, MR TSANG NAI-LOK OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S PORT WORKS DIVISION AND MR R. BENNETT OF THE DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS OF FRANCE.
SPEAKING AT THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY MR TSANG SAID THE WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD START NEXT WEEK AND TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
TODAY'S SIGNING FOLLOWED CLOSELY THE CALL FOR TENDERS EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR RECLAIMING THREE HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED BETWEEN WATSON ROAD AND OIL STREET IN NORTH POINT.
MR TSANG SAID: +STAGE ONE OF THE EASTERN CORRIDOR PROJECT CONSISTS OF BUILDING A TWO-KILOMETRE ELEVATED ROAD ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY AND HEALTHY STREET WEST IN NORTH POINT. +
A SECTION OF THIS ROAD WILL BE BUILT OVER THE RECLAMATION WHICH ALSO PROVIDES FACILITIES TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LOSS OF WATER FRONTAGE AND SEA ACCESS TO THE COASTAL AREA.
MEANWHILE, REPROVISIONING WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING THE RECLAMATION OF THE NORTH-EASTERN CORNER OF THE CAUSEWAY BAY TYPHOON SHELTER AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW NORTH POINT PASSENGER FERRY PIER, HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
WORK ON THE NEW NORTH POINT VEHICULAR FERRY PIER ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING ONE IS IN AN ADVANCED STAGE AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN FOUR MONTHS.
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