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MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1988
SECOND FEASIBILITY STUDY ON ROUTE 3
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (MONDAY) SIGNED MILLION CONTRACT FOR CONDUCTING A SECOND STAGE STUDY OF
BETWEEN THE NORTHWEST NEW OF THE PLANNED ROUTE 3 NORTHWEST KOWLOON.
TAKING PART IN
THE SIGNING
AN AGREEMENT WORTH $21 THE SECTION AND TERRITORIES
CEREMONY
OF THE WERE
DIRECTOR REPRESENTATIVE MR DAVID
HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, AND CONSORTIUM BUTLER.
BY THE CONSORTIUM WAS FORMED
THE CONSULTANTS, SCOTT WILSON LTD., CHARLES KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF (ASIA) HASWELL AND PARTNERS (FAR EAST), AND WILBUR SMITH ASSOCIATES.
MR BEATON SAID ROUTE 3 WAS A PLANNED NORTH-TO-SOUTH TRUNK
AND THE NORTHWEST LEADING FROM THE LOK MA CHAU BORDER CROSSING TERRITORIES TO TSUEN WAN AND THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT.
ROAD
NEW
IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE ACCESS TO EXPANSION OF THE CONTAINER PORT AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WESTERN HARBOUR.
THE PROPOSED
ROUTE WOULD
ADDITIONAL PROVIDE BETWEEN REGIONAL CENTRES FLOWS ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC FORECAST TO BE NEEDED BY THE MID-1990'S.
CAPACITY WHICH
ΤΟ IT WAS
THE STUDY WILL BEGIN NOW AND TAKE 10 MONTHS.
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IN JUNE
OF THE SECTION OF ROUTE A PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY STUDY BETWEEN TSING Y1 AND NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES WAS COMPLETED 1988.
HAVE
A
DESIGN SOME
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE ROUTE WILL REQUIRE TO CAPACITY IN THE REGION OF 160,000 VEHICLES PER DAY BY 2001 ALONG CRITICAL SECTIONS.
THE
PRELIMINARY
ASSESSMENT
WAS
THAT
A
BE
DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY WITH PROVISION FOR FURTHER EXPANSION OF CAPACITY WOULD REQUIRED.
BASED ON
BROAD
PARAMETERS,
SEVERAL ALTERNATIVE
OF THE ROUTEING
ALIGNMENTS TERRITORIES ALREADY
HAS
WERE WORKED OUT FOR THE SECTION BETWEEN THE NORTHWEST NEW AND WEST
IN THE NORTH MUCH KOWLOON. BEEN DETERMINED, SOME SECTIONS WILL ALSO BE COVERED BY OTHER STUDIES.
WILL
IN THE SECOND FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS
INTO THE ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS CARRY OUT DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS
PRELIMINARY STUDY, WITH
VIEW TO
IDENTIFIED THAT WERE ESTABLISHING THE BEST ALIGNMENT.
IN
THE
A
IN THIS