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IT WILL RUN ACROSS THE OLD AND NEW CASTLE PEAK ROADS AND THE NULLAH. IT WILL BE PART OF THE FORMATION OF THE LIGHT RAIL RESERVE FOR THE REGIONAL EXTENSIONS OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM.
THE EASTERN SPAN OF AN EXISTING FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS CASTLE PEAK ROAD WILL BE MODIFIED TO CONNECT IT TO THE FUTURE STOP ON THE PROPOSED LRT BRIDGE.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES SLIGHT REALIGNMENT OF A SHORT SECTION OF THE EXISTING CARRIAGEWAY AND SOME ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND ANCILLARY WORKS.
A NOTICE ON THE PROPOSED WORKS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
WRITTEN OBJECTIONS MUST REACH THE SECRETARY FOR TRANS PORT BY JULY 21.
NEW PUMP HOUSE FOR HUNG HOM BAY RECLAMATION
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WORK HAS BEGUN ON CONSTRUCTION OF A PUMP HOUSE WHICH WILL BECOME PART OF PHASE ONE OF THE HUNG HOM BAY RECLAMATION, THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
PROJECT ENGINEER, MR GEORGE KU, SAID THE PUMP HOUSE CONTRACT COMPRISED CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERGROUND SEA WATER PUMPING STATION AND LAYING APPROXIMATELY 700 METRES OF SALT WATER SUPPLY PIPES.
THE $5.4 MILLION CONTRACT, AWARDED TO EXPRESS TRANSPORT AND BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD., WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT FEBRUARY.
MR KU SAID THE NEW PUMP HOUSE WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE KOWLOON GOODS YARD OF THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION, ADJACENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE. IT WAS REQUIRED TO REPLACE THE EXISTING PUMP HOUSE AT HUNG HOM FERRY PIER WHICH WILL BE ENGULFED BY THE RECLAMATION.
THE 13.5-HECTARE RECLAMATION WORK, WHICH BEGAN LAST JULY, IS TO PROVIDE LAND FOR EXPANSION OF THE KOWLOON GOODS YARD. IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN MID-1989.
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