FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1988
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WORK STARTS SOON ON TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL
THE GOVERNMENT HAS AUTHORISED THE CONSTRUCTION OF TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL ON WHICH WORK IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE EARLY NEXT MONTH.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT, SUBJECT TO THE ENACTMENT OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL BILL, THE GAMMON-NISHIMATSU CONSORTIUM WOULD BUILD THE 3.9 KM-LONG TWIN-TUBE TUNNELS BETWEEN DIAMOND HILL IN KOWLOON AND SIU LEK YUEN IN SHA TIN. EACH TUBE WOULD ACCOMMODATE TWO TRAFFIC LANES.
THE CONSORTIUM WOULD ALSO CONSTRUCT A TOLL PLAZA AT SIU LEK YUEN AND THE TUNNEL APPROACH ROADS IN BOTH SHA TIN AND KOWLOON.
AT THE SAME TIME THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSTRUCT THE ROAD AND FLYOVER SYSTEM CONNECTING THE TUNNEL APPROACH ROAD INCLUDING PRINCE EDWARD ROAD INTERCHANGE, KWUN TONG BY-PASS PHASES II AND III IN BAST ROWLOON AND TRUNK ROADS TS AND T6 IN SHA TIN,
THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOWNS IN NORTH EAST NEW TERRITORIES TOGETHER WITH GROWTH OF CROSS BORDER MOVEMENTS AT MAN KAM TO AND SHA TAU KOK HAD GENERATED CONSIDERABLE TRAFFIC THROUGH LJON ROCK TUNNEL.
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WITH THE PLANNED OPENING OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL IN AUGUST 1991, THE CONGESTION AT LION ROCK TUNNEL WILL BE GREATLY RELIEVED.
CLOSE
TO ABATE TRAFFIC NOISE THAT MAY AFFECT RESIDENTS IN BUILDINGS ΤΟ THE APPROACH ROADS, THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT ARE
INVESTIGATING THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING COVERS то SECTIONS OF THE ELEVATED APPROACH ROAD NEAREST TO RICHLAND GARDENS IN KOWLOON BAY AND CHOI HUNG ESTATE IN WONG TAI SIN.
IF IMPLEMENTED,
WILL
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE ROAD COVERS, ENCLOSE ABOUT 115 METRES AND 120 METRES OF THE ELEVATED ROAD AT CHOI HUNG ESTATE AND RICHLAND GARDENS RESPECTIVELY.
"THE PROPOSAL CAN BRING ABOUT A REDUCTION OF NOISE LEVEL FOR THE AFFECTED FLATS AT CHOI HUNG ESTATE AND AT RICHLAND GARDENS.
"THE EXTRA COST IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $20 MILLION.
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HE ADDED THAT OTHER POSSIBLE NOISE REDUCTION INCLUDING THE USE OF SPECIAL ROAD SURFACING MATERIALS WOULD ALSO BE ADOPTED AT SUITABLE LOCATIONS.
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