WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1981
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POSSIBLE TRUNK ROAD ON LANTAU STUDIED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY APPOINTED A CONSULTANTS FIRM TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING A TRUNK ROAD TO THE PROPOSED REPLACEMENT AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.
THE AGREEMENT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED BY MR C.K. CHOW, ACTING PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL ENGINEER, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT AND MR RONALD HODGES, RESIDENT PARTNER OF MOTT, HAY AND ANDERSON FAR EAST.
MOTT, HAY AND ANDERSON FAR EAST TOGETHER WITH HARRIS AND SUTHERLAND FAR EAST AND L.G. MOUCHEL AND PARTNERS (ASIA) MAKE UP THE ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP OF HONG KONG WHICH WAS FORMED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PROPOSED LANTAU FIXED CROSSING PROJECT.
MR CHOW SAID THAT THE TRUNK ROAD, WHICH WOULD RUN GENERALLY ALONG THE EXISTING COASTLINE OF NORTH LANTAU, WOULD CONNECT THE PROPOSED LANTAU FIXED CROSSING NEAR NGONG SHUEN AU AT THE NORTH EASTERN TIP OF LANTAU AND THE PROPOSED REPLACEMENT AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.
SAID.
+THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE ROAD IS ABOUT 13 KILOMETRES,+ HE
+ INITIALLY IT IS PLANNED FOR A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY, BUT PROVISION WILL BE MADE FOR IT TO BE WIDENED LATER TO A SIX-LANE HIGHWAY.-
ROAD CONNECTIONS AND INTERCHANGES WITH THE EXISTING AND FUTURE ROAD NETWORKS ON NORTH LANTAU WOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED.
THE CONSULTANTS WOULD SUBMIT A PRELIMINARY REPORT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
ONCE THE PROPOSAL WAS ACCEPTED, DETAILED DESIGN WOULD BEGIN, AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE GOVERNMENT WAS EXPECTED TO MAKE A DECISION LATE NEXT YEAR ON WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE REPLACEMENT AIRPORT, THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING AND THE TRUNK ROAD.
+ IF THE GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO GO AHEAD WITH THESE PROJECTS, CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRUNK ROAD WILL COMMENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF 1983, + MR CHOW SAID.
THE PROJECT, ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT $500 MILLION AT TODAY'S PRICE, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1987, THE PROGRAMMED COMPLETION DATE OF THE PROPOSED LANTAU FIXED CROSSING.
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