WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1982
CONTRACT SIGNED FOR NT TRUNK ROAD SECTION
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THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AWARDED A $202-MILLION CONTRACT TO KUMAGA1 GUMI (HK) LTD. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD FROM ISLAND HOUSE TO NORTH TAI PO.
THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER MR HAROLD BEATON, SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH MR C.P. YU AND MR T. NAKAYAMA OF KUMAGA! GUMI.
THE NEW ROAD IS PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD SYSTEM WHICH, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL RUN FROM SHA TIN ALONG THE COAST OF TAI PO HOI (TOLO HARBOUR), CROSS THE RAILWAY LINE AT ISLAND HOUSE INTERCHANGE AND BY-PASS TAI PO TO THE NORTH.
THE SECTION FROM SHA TIN TO ISLAND HOUSE IS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. TODAY'S CONTRACT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN BY-PASS, WHICH WILL BE A DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY OF ABOUT THREE KILOMETRES IN LENGTH.
MR BEATON SAID THE ROUTE PASSES THROUGH VERY STEEP HILLY TERRAIN AND WILL REQUIRE THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR MAJOR VIADUCTS SPANNING ACROSS STEEP VALLEYS WITH PIERS UP TO 30 METRES IN HEIGHT.+
+ONE OF THE VIADUCTS WILI, BE 230 METRES LONG AND THE LENGTH OF THE FOUR VIADUCTS TOTALS ABOUT 750 METRES.
+OTHER WORK INCLUDES A DUAL TWO-LANE LINK ROAD ABOUT 700 METRES LONG TO SERVE NORTH TAI PO, WITH ONE MAJOR BRIDGE SPANNING ACROSS THE RETRAINED LAM TSUEN RIVER.
THE WORK FORMS PART OF A PROGRAMME TO UPGRADE THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD SYSTEM. THE PROGRAMME IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1984 AT A TOTAL COST OF ABOUT $2 500 MILLION.
BEYOND THE JUNCTION WITH LAM KAM ROAD, THE TRUNK ROAD WILL FOLLOW THE LINE OF THE EXISTING TAI PO ROAD TO WO HOP SHEK. THE WO HOP SHEK INTERCHANGE, NOW BEING BUILT, WILL CONNECT TAI PO ROAD WITH FANLING BY-PASS.
BETWEEN FANLING AND AU TAU, THE TRUNK ROAD WILL CLOSELY FOLLOW THE EXISTING CASTLE PEAK ROAD, INTERCHANGES WILL BE PROVIDED AT MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AREAS.
THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD HAS BEEN DESIGNED AS A LIMITED ACCESS DUAL CARRIAGEWAY TO LINK THE NEW TOWNS NOW BEING DEVELOPED. IT WILL HAVE SERVICE ROADS AND CYCLE TRACKS WHERE THESE ARE NECESSARY.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE HIGHWAYS (NEW TERRITORIES) DIVISION AND THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE AND THE WORK WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE HIGHWAYS (NEW TERRITORIES) DIVISION.
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