FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1982
EXTRA CROSS-HARBOUR WATER PIPELINE TO BE BUILT
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS TO LAY A THIRD CROSS-HARBOUR PIPELINE SHORTLY TO BOOST FRESH WATER SUPPLY FROM KOWLOON TO HONG KONG ISLAND BY 180 000 CUBIC METRES DAILY.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (FRIDAY), THE GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER (NEW WORKS), MR LAU JONG-MING, SAID THE PROJECT INVOLVED THE LAYING OF TWIN 1 000 MM DIAMETER MILD STEEL SUBMARINE MAINS, EACH MEASURING 1.4 KILOMETRES LONG, AND ANOTHER SEVEN KILOMETRES OF LAND MAINS IN KOWLOON AND ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE PROJECT, EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, FORMS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO CATER FOR THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR WATER SUPPLY ON HONG KONG ISLAND, HE ADDED.
TENDERS ARE NOW BEING INVITED FOR THE LAYING OF THE LAND MAINS RANGING FROM 150 MM TO 1 400 MM IN DIAMETER, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF VALVE CHAMBERS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS.
IN KOWLOON, THE LAND MAINS WILL RUN FROM BOUNDARY STREET NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH EARL STREET, THROUGH PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, SAI YEE STREET, NULLAH ROAD, TUNG CHOI STREET, FIFE STREET, FA YUEN STREET, SHANTUNG ROAD, RECLAMATION STREET, BATTERY STREET, JORDAN ROAD, CANTON ROAD, HAIPHONG ROAD, HANKOW ROAD TO SALISBURY ROAD.
ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE MAINS WILL RUN FROM LUNG KING STREET THROUGH FENWICK PIER STREET, HARCOURT ROAD, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, MURRAY ROAD TO CHATER ROAD.
WORK ON THE LAND MAINS IS EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST.
IN ADDITION, TENDERS WILL BE INVITED SHORTLY FROM PREQUAL IF IED CONTRACTORS FOR THE LAYING OF THE SUBMARINE MAINS FROM THE TS IM SHA TSUI WATERFRONT, EAST OF THE SPACE MUSEUM, TO THE OPEN AREA ADJACENT TO LUNG KING STREET IN WAN CHAI. THE MAINS WILL BE BURIED BELOW THE SEA.
IN VIEW OF THE EXTENT OF THE NEW WORK TO BE UNDERTAKEN, LOCAL RESIDENTS AND TRAFFIC WOULD INEVITABLY BE AFFECTED, MR LAU SAID, ADDING DURING THE PLANNING AND DESIGN STAGES FOR THE NEW WORK, CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO WAYS OF MINIMISING UNDESIRABLE DISRUPTIVE EFFECTS.+
FOLLOWING DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS IN CONSULTATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED, INCLUDING THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, THE ROUTES CHOSEN FOR THE PIPELINES WILL REDUCE THE DISTURBANCE TO THE PUBLIC TO THE MINIMUM.
THE EXISTING FRESH WATER CROSS-HARBOUR MAINS ARE FROM TSIM SHA TSUI TO CENTRAL AND HUNG HOM TO NORTH POINT.