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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1988
$350M CONTRACT AWARDED FOR NT TRUNK ROAD-6
WORK ON THE SHA TIN CONNECTION OF TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL IS TO START EARLY NEXT MONTH WITH THE AWARD OF A $360 MILLION CONTRACT TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR CONSTRUCTING TRUNK ROAD T6 AND INTERCHANGES.
THE NEW WORKS WILL SPEED UP TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN THE NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES AND KOWLOON AS WELL AS WITHIN THE SHA ΤΙΝ AREA. CONSTRUCTION WIL BEGIN NEXT MONTH.
THE TRUNK ROAD T6 WILL START FROM TOLO HIGHWAY NEAR THE KCR UNIVERSITY STATION AND SPAN THE SHING MUN RIVER NORTH OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS TO JOIN MA ON SHAN ROAD NEAR TAI SHUI HANG.
THE CONTRACT INCLUDES A 2.2-KILOMETRE DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY, 1.4 KILOMETRES OF WHICH WILL BE ELEVATED.
ALSO INCLUDED ARE TWO GRADE SEPARATED INTERCHANGES AT MA LIU SHUI AND TAI SHUI HANG.
THIS CONTRACT, TOGETHER WITH TWO OTHER CONTRACTS TO BE AWARDED EARLY NEXT YEAR FOR CONSTRUCTING TRUNK ROAD T5, WILL FORM THE MAIN CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS FOR THE SHA TIN CONNECTION OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL..
THE CONTRACT PROVIDES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD TO AREA 73, FOOTPATH, CYCLE-TRACK, A CYCLE SUBWAY, CYCLE PARKS AND A TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE ADJACENT TO THE UNIVERSITY RAILWAY STATION.
IN ADDITION, STANDARD FEATURES SUCH AS EMERGENCY TELEPHONES AND CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION CAMERAS FOR SURVEILLANCE BE INSTALLED.
PURPOSES WILL
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