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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1980
TENDERS INVITED FOR TUEN MUN ROAD
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WORK WILL SOON START ON THE FINAL SECTION OF THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY OF THE $540 MILLION TUEN MUN ROAD.
TENDERS FOR THE REMAINING TWO CONTRACTS ARE BEING INVITED BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR YEUNG KIM-CHOY, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, SAID WORK ON THE TWO CONTRACTS WOULD START IN OCTOBER AND TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
HE SAID THE FIRST CONTRACT INVOLVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY BETWEEN SHAM TSENG AND TUEN MUN.
THE WORK COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY OF ABOUT 9.3 KILOMETRES, TWO BRIDGES AT TSING LUNG TAU AND SO KWUN TAN, EXTENSIVE EARTHWORKS AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS.
→THE ROADWAY TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THIS CONTRACT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS BY SIU LAM INTERCHANGE WHERE THE CARRIAGEWAY WAS BUILT TO ITS FULL WIDTH UNDER THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT, HE SAID.
MR YEUNG SAID THE OTHER CONTRACT INVOLVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELEVATED HIGHWAY STRUCTURE LINKING CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND TUEN MUN ROAD AT CHAI WAN KOK.
+THE STRUCTURE WILL PROVIDE A TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY IN
THE FORM OF A TEN-SPAN PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE.
+THIS CONTRACT WILL ALSO INCLUDE OTHER ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE WIDENING AND MODIFICATION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD TOGETHER WITH THE ANCILLARY WORKS.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE COMPLETION OF THIS CONTRACT WOULD PROVIDE FREE-FLOW CONNECTIONS FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN TUEN MUN ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO THE EAST OF CHAI WAN KOK.
BY THEN, THE EXISTING TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNAL CONTROL AT CHAI WAN KOK WOULD NO LONGER BE REQUIRED, HE ADDED.
ON COMPLETION OF THE TWO CONTRACTS BY THE END OF 1982, THE 15.3-KILOMETRE TUEN MUN ROAD WILL BE IN FULL OPERATION WITH A DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY, PROVIDING A HIGH CAPACITY ROUTE BETWEEN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN AND TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
STAGE ONE OF THE ROAD PROJECT, CONSISTING OF A THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY, WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN MAY 1978.
WORK ON THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR THE SECOND STAGE IS WELL IN ADVANCE AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
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