FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1980
CONTRACT SIGNED FOR ISLAND CORRIDOR PROJECT
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY LET ANOTHER PRELIMINARY CONTRACT FOR THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, STAGE I, LINKING CAUSEWAY BAY WITH NORTH POINT.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $15.8 MILLION, IS FOR THE RECLAMATION OF ABOUT THREE HECTARES OF LAND BETWEEN WATSON ROAD AND OIL STREET.
IT WAS SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR K.C. YEUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE PWD'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF HARBOUR ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED.
SPEAKING AT THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY, MR YEUNG SAID TENDERS FOR THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR PROJECT, STAGE I, WAS EXPECTED TO BE CALLED LATER THIS YEAR.
HE SAID: IT CONSISTS OF BUILDING A TWO-KILOMETRE ELEVATED ROAD ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY AND HEALTHY STREET WEST IN NORTH POINT.
*THE ELEVATED ROAD WILL BE A DUAL FOUR-LANE CARRIAGEWAY OVER TWO THIRDS OF ITS LENGTH AND DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY OVER THE REMAINING SECTION.+
*THE NEW ROAD WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 10 000 VEHICLES PER HOUR, ABOUT THREE TIMES OF KING'S ROAD, HE ADDED.
SO FAR, A TOTAL OF FOUR REPROVISIONING WORK CONTRACTS, WORTH MORE THAN $55 MILLION, HAVE EITHER BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE IN HAND,
THEY INCLUDE THE RECLAMATION OF THE NORTH-EASTERN CORNER OF THE CAUSEWAY BAY TYPHOON SHELTER, A NEW VEHICULAR FERRY PIER, ADVANCE FOUNDATION WORKS OFF NORTH POINT BUS TERMINUS AND A BREAKWATER OFF KELLETT ISLAND.
REFERRING TO THE PRESENT CONTRACT, MR YEUNG SAID THAT WORK WOULD START NEXT WEEK AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
A SECTION OF THE ELEVATED ROAD UNDER STAGE OF THE PROJECT WILL BE BUILT OVER THE RECLAMATION.
MR YEUNG ADDED THAT THE RECLAMATION WILL ALSO PROVIDE FACILITIES TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LOSS OF WATER FRONTAGE AND SEA ACCESS TO WATERFRONT LOTS.
THE WORK ON THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA FOR PWD'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
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