THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1988.
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TENDERS INVITED FOR JUNK BAY TUNNEL ASSOCIATED WORKS
TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR THE BUILDINGS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS AT BOTH TUNNEL.
CONSTRUCTION OF SERVICES ENDS OF THE JUNK BAY
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S NT/SOUTH DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, WHICH MANAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUNK BAY NEW TOWN, SAID THE CONTRACT WOULD INCLUDE TOLL PLAZA BOOTHS AND CANOPIES AND ASSOCIATED ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS AT THE WEST END OF THE TUNNEL.
"IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE CONTROL AND SERVICES BUILDINGS AT THE WEST PORTAL OF THE TUNNEL, TUNNEL LININGS, AND BUILDING SERVICES, HE ADDED.
CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN JULY AND WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
ON COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACT IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1990, THE JUNK BAY TUNNEL AND ASSOCIATED APPROACH ROADS WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC.
MAY 27.
TENDERS FOR THE CONTRACT MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE NOON ON
LOCATED ON A QUIET COVE TO THE EAST OF THE KOWLOON PENINSULA, JUNK BAY NEW TOWN IS STEADILY BEING DEVELOPED AS THE HOME FOR MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE.
SEPARATED FROM KOWLOON PROPER BY HILLY TERRAIN, JUNK BAY WAS AT ONE TIME ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY SEA OR, FOR THE MORE ADVENTUROUS, BY AN ARDUOUS TREK THROUGH THE STEEP HILLS.
THE COMPLETION OF THE JUNK BAY TUNNEL WOULD MAKE TRAVEL BETWEEN JUNK BAY AND THE KOWLOON PENINSULA A MATTER OF MINUTES.
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