WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1984
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WORK TO IMPROVE N.T. CIRCULAR ROAD STARTS
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WORK STARTS THIS WEEK ON A 3.3-KILOMETRE SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD FROM PAK SHEK AU TO FAN KAM ROAD NEAR FANLING.
A $99-MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK WAS SIGNED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER/MANAGEMENT, MR S.A.W. BOWMAN, AND MESSERS. GRAHAM BATES, BERKLEY SHEEN AND GREGORY MAK OF THE CONTRACTOR, MARPLES-EXPRESS JOINT VENTURE.
THE CONTRACT IS THE FIRST PHASE OF A PROJECT TO IMRPOVE A 12-KILOMETRE-LONG SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD RUNNING FROM AU TAU TO FAN KAM ROAD VIA MAI PO AND SAN TIN.
THE NEW ROAD WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW THE ALIGNMENT OF THE EXISTING CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND BE BUILT TO TRUNK ROAD STANDARDS WITH NO FRONTAGE ACCESS.
ALTHOUGH THIS CONTRACT IS TO BUILD A DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY, ALLOWANCE HAS BEEN MADE IN THE DESIGN FOR FUTURE WIDENING OF THE ROAD TO DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY.
SERVICE ROADS WITH PEDESTRIAN FOOTPATHS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALLOW ACCESS TO PRESENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE ROUTE.
THE EXISTING CASTLE PEAK ROAD WILL BE ONE OF THE SERVICE ROADS TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC FLOW DURING CONSTRUCTION.
THE SERVICE ROADS WILL BE LINKED TO THE TRUNK ROAD AT PAK SHEK AU BY A GRADE SEPARATED INTERCHANGE AND AN OVERPASS WILL LINK SERVICE ROADS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TRUNK ROAD AT KHU TUNG.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE FOOTBRIDGES AND THREE COMBINED VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN GRADE SEPARATED CROSSINGS.
UNDER A SEPARATE CONTRACT, A NEW MARKET WILL BE BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE SHOP OPERATORS AT KWU TUNG WHOSE PREMISES ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW ROAD.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION AT THIS LOCATION WILL BEGIN AFTER THE MARKET HAS BEEN COMPLETED. EMERGENCY TELEPHONES WILL BE INSTALLED ALONG THE TRUNK ROAD,
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S HIGHWAY OFFICE BY JOINT ENGINEERS BINNIE AND PARTNERS (HONG KONG), WILBUR SMITH AND ASSOCIATES AND HARRIS AND SUTHERLAND (FAR EAST), WHO WILL SUPERVISE THE WORK WHICH IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF 1986.
THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD LINKING THE NEW TOWNS IS BEING BUILT FOR ABOUT $1.112 BILLION.
IT WILL BE 68.5 KILOMETRES LONG.
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