FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1986
GROUND BROKEN FOR THIRD BORDER VEHICLE CROSSING
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A CEREMONY HERALDING THE START OF WORK ON AK THIRD VEHICULAR CROSSING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA WAS HELD TODAY (FRIDAY).
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BREAKING THE GROUND TO GET THE PROJECT A DOUBLE BRIDGE SPANNING THE SHENZHEN RIVER AT LOK MA CHAU UNDERWAY WAS THE NEWLY-APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, WHO SAID: +THIS THIRD LINK WITH CHINA WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND LARGEST.
+THIS CROSSING IS INTENDED TO BE THE MAJOR LINK TO SHEKOU AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO THE WEST OF SHENZHEN CITY IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
+WITH THE COMPLETION OF ROUTE 5 THE CONTAINER PORT AT KWA! CHUNG WILL BE WITHIN EASY ACCESS.
+ THE COMPLETION OF THIS CONTRACT, TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD PRESENTLY UNDER DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, SHOULD ACHIEVE THE MUCH DESIRED CIRCLE OF DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS AROUND THE NEW TERRITORIES.+
THE TWO CONCRETE BRIDGES WILL BE BUILT JOINTLY BY THE HONG KONG AND SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES TO MEET ANY FUTURE INCREASES IN CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC.
BESIDES THE BRIDGES AND A 1.8-KILOMETRE-LONG LINK ROAD, A BORDER CONTROL COMPLEX AREA WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ABOUT HALFWAY ALONG THE LINK ROAD TO HOUSE CUSTOMS, IMMIGRATION AND POLICE FACILITIES.
THESE FACILITIES, WHICH ARE BEING PROVIDED AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $63 MILLION UNDER A SEPARATE GOVERNMENT CONTRACT, ALSO INCLUDE A TWO-STOREY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND TWO ROWS OF BOOTHS FOR CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION CHECKS.
TO FACILITATE INSPECTION OF HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES WITHOUT INCONVENIENCING OTHER BORDER TRAFFIC. TWO VEHICLE HOLDING AREAS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, EACH ABLE TO HOLD 300 LORRIES.
THERE WILL ALSO BE AN AREA FOR CONTROLLING THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF ANIMALS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES.
THE LINK ROAD, WHICH WILL JOIN THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD VIA AN INTERCHANGE AT THE JUNCTION OF LOK MA CHAU AND CASTLE PEAK ROADS, WILL BE BUILT TO TRUNK STANDARDS AND WILL INITIALLY BE A DUAL, TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY. IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT A THIRD LANE CAN BE ADDED WITHOUT HAVING TO RESUME MORE LAND.
THE BORDER CROSSING PROJECT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN TWO STAGES.
/THE FASTERN
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