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FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1983
CONTRACT SIGNED FOR WIDENING CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST
THE GOVERNMENT
HAS
AWARDED A $79 MILLION CONTRACT CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST ON CONSTRUCTION OF A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY ON
FOR HONG
KONG ISLAND.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS,
LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PTY KWEI SEE-KAN, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF MR JOHN TOMSEN AND MR JOHN MCNAUGHT.
MR
LTD,
BETWEEN
WEST,
H
A
ONE-WAY "CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST IS CURRENTLY
EASTBOUND EASTERN JUNCTIONS WITH ITS WESTERN AND
ROAD DES VOEUX SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
WILL
"WITH THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT, CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST
THEN BE ABLE ΤΟ HAVE A DUAL THREE LANE CARRIAGEWAY. MOTORISTS WILL
TO SHEK TRAVEL WESTWARDS ALONG THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD FROM CENTRAL TONG TSUI, WESTERN.
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WEST ΤΟ THE LENGTH OF CONNAUGHT ROAD
BE DUALLED UNDER THE CONTRACT WILL BE ABOUT 1.2 KILOMETRES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
CONSTRUCTION WORKS WILL START SOON AFTER EASTER AND BE DUE COMPLETION IN ABOUT 19 MONTHS.
FOR
LANE WEST, AND A WILMER TRAFFIC BETWEEN
THE CONTRACT COVERS CONSTRUCTION OF A DUAL THREE CARRIAGEWAY (A TOTAL OF SIX LANES) ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD
SERVICE SOUTHERN TWO LANE
ROAD FOR LOCAL STREET AND WESTERN STREET.
SERVICE VEHICLES
BETWEEN
FOR IT ALSO COVERS SOUTHERN LAYBYS WESTERN STREET AND WHITTY STREET AND ANCILLARY ROADWORKS.
ACROSS
CONSTRUCTION OF FOOTBRIDGES STREET, WESTERN STREET AND EASTERN
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THE OTHER WORKS INCLUDE
AT WATER CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST STREET.
THE CONTRACT IS THE
ROAD
THIRD PROJECT,
SAID THE SPOKESMAN
STUDY 1984
CONNECTION WITH THE UPGRADED CONNAUGHT
FORWARD IN A RECOMMENDATIONS PUT REQUIREMENTS IN MID-LEVELS AND CENTRAL.
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AWARDED IN THE
ONE OF INTO TRANSPORT
IT WAS FOR FLYOVER
THE FIRST CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN SEPTEMBER 1986. $197 MILLION AND COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HARCOURT ROAD AND PEDDER STREET UNDERPASS,
THE $187 MILLION.
THE SECOND CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN
OF THE RUMSEY STREET CONSTRUCTION
1986. NOVEMBER
AT FLYOVER
A
IT COVERS OF COST
THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE UPGRADED CONNAUGHT 4.5 KILOMETRES.
ROAD PROJECT IS
/THE FOURTH