THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1987
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CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT FOR ROUTE X SIGNED
A $3.8 MILLION CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT FOR A PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY STUDY A OF ROAD LINK KNOWN AS ROUTE X BETWEEN THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES AND WEST KOWLOON WAS SIGNED TODAY (THURSDAY).
IT WAS SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND A CONSULTANTS' CONSORTIUM FORMED BY SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS; PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF (ASIA) LIMITED; WILBUR SMITH AND ASSOCIATES; AND CHARLES HASWELL AND PARTNERS (FAR EAST).
MR BEATON SAID THE TRUNK ROAD PROPOSAL, LINKING YUEN LONG AND URBAN KOWLOON, WOULD PROVIDE A DIRECT ROUTE THROUGH TSUEN WAN, NEAR TSING YI ISLAND, AND TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK.
HE SAID A ROAD TUNNEL, LIKELY TO (PROBABLY THE LONGEST IN THE TERRITORY) THROUGH THE HILLS UNDER THE COUNTRY PARK.
BE FOUR KILOMETRES LONG WOULD HAVE ΤΟ BR BUILT
HE SAID ROUTE X WAS PLANNED AHEAD AS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION ΤΟ TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES WHEN TUEN MUN ROAD REACHED MAXIMUM CAPACITY BY THE MID-1990'S.
"IT WILL ALSO SERVE AS AN ADDITIONAL ROUTE FOR CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC TO CHINA, HE SAID.
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UNDER THE AGREEMENT THE CONSULTANTS WILL HAVE TO ESTABLISH OPTIMAL ALIGNMENTS FOR THE TRUNK ROAD, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT RELEVANT STUDIES UNDERTAKEN OR COMMISSIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THE STUDY WILL PROVIDE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING ASSESSMENTS A COMPARISON OF OPTIONS, INCLUDING A BROAD ORDER OF COST AND PREFERRED SEQUENCE OF STAGE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT.
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THE STUDY, WHICH WILL COMMENCE THIS MONTH AND BE COMPLETED IN JUNE NEXT YEAR, IS COMMISSIONED BY HIGHWAYS (N.T.) REGION OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.
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