MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1985
YUEN LONG
YUEN LONG
55 144
KWAI CHUNG AND
TSING YI
KWAI CHUNG EAST
48 378
KWAI CHUNG WEST AND
TSING YI
42 988
SUB TOTAL OF NON-URBAN
DISTRICTS
443 363
CONTRACT SIGNED FOR LRT RESERVE FORMATION
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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND FRANKI CONTRACTORS LIMITED TODAY (MONDAY) SIGNED A $164.5 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE FORMATION OF A RESERVE FOR THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM.
THE RESERVE WILL STRETCH FROM TUEN MUN TO YUEN LONG MOSTLY ALONGSIDE CASTLE PEAK ROAD. WORK IS EXPECTED TO START THIS WEEK AND IN 18 MONTHS' TIME THE SEVEN-KILOMETRE STRETCH WILL COMPLETE THE RESERVE FORMATION WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE LRT SYSTEM. MOST OF THE RESERVE HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT AS PART OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN PROJECT.
THE MAIN CONTRACTORS FOR THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION, WHO WILL BUILD AND RUN THE LRT, HAVE ALREADY STARTED TRACK-LAYING WORK ON THE PREVIOUSLY-COMPLETED STRETCHES OF RESERVE.
THE LATEST CONTRACT WOULD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE BRIDGES TO TAKE THE TRACK ACROSS NULLAHS AND SIX FOOTBRIDGES ACROSS THE TRACK.
IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE FORMATION WORK AT THE SIU HONG COURT HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME AND MODIFICATION OF PU! TO ROAD TO ACCOMMODATE THE RESERVE.
MOST OF THE LRT ALONG THE TUEN MUN-YUEN LONG CORRIDOR WILL RUN ALONG THE EXISTING CYCLE TRACK BESIDE CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND A NEW CYCLE TRACK AND PEDESTRIAN PAVEMENT WILL BE BUILT AS PART OF THE NEW CONTRACT.
IN YUEN LONG, THE LRT WILL RUN DOWN THE MAIN ROAD AND WORK WILL INVOLVE REMOVING THE EXISTING CENTRE RESERVE TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW RAILWAY.
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