MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1986
PROGRAMME FOR ROAD TUNNEL TO JUNK BAY ******
TENDERS WILL BE INVITED SOON, AND WORK EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST. ON A SINGLE-TUBE ROAD TUNNEL CONNECTING JUNK BAY WITH THE KWUN TONG AND LEI YUE MUN ROADS.
THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE JUNK BAY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, MR NORMAN TUCKER, SPEAKING AT THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY (MONDAY).
+ THE FIRST TUBE OF THE ROAD TUNNEL WILL PROVIDE THE TRAFFIC CAPACITY TO SERVE A POPULATION OF BETWEEN 150 000 AND 175 000, + HE SAID.
+FOR THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF JUNK BAY PHASE ONE UP TO A POPULATION OF 223 000, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT A SECOND TUBE OF THE TUNNEL AND UPGRADE THE ROAD TO A DUAL-CARRIAGEWAY TWO-LANE ROAD.
+THIS WOULD THEN HAVE SPARE CAPACITY TO SERVE A POPULATION OF UP TO 300 000.+
MR TUCKER SAID THE SINGLE-TUBE TUNNEL WOULD ALSO INCLUDE LARGE WATER MAINS TO CONVEY WATER FROM A NEW TREATMENT WORKS BEING BUILT AT PAK KONG IN SAI KUNG TO EAST KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND AS WELL AS TO JUNK BAY.
+FURTHER WORK ON THE ROAD NETWORK OF THE TOWN WILL BEGIN IN AUGUST AND ANOTHER RECLAMATION CONTRACT STARTING IN OCTOBER WILL FILL IN THE SEA CHANNEL BESIDE THE FIRST HOUSING ESTATE, PO LAM ESTATE,+ HE ADDED.
MR TUCKER DESCRIBED JUNK BAY NEW TOWN AS +AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME+.
+SITES IN PHASE ONE OF JUNK BAY WILL CONTRIBUTE SOME 33 000 FLATS TO THE HOUSING STOCK BETWEEN NOW AND 1994, REPRESENTING ABOUT 10 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR THAT PERIOD.
+THE FIRST PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PHASE ONE OF PO LAM ESTATE IN JANUARY 1987, AND INTO PHASE TWO IN MID-1987. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUOUS IN-FLOW THEREAFTER UNTIL 1995.+
HE EXPLAINED THAT WHILE THE TWO FOUNDRIES COULD NOT BE REMOVED BEFORE THE FIRST HOUSING BLOCKS WERE OCCUPIED POLLUTION REDUCTION SYSTEMS WOULD BE INTRODUCED UNTIL THE FACTORIES COULD BE RELOCATED.
/THE REMAINING