TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1990
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SECOND BRIDGE AT LOK MA CHAU CROSSING
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THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND BRIDGE OVER SHAM CHUN RIVER AT LOK MA AND ROAD WIDENING WORKS FOR A SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ROAD FROM FAN KAM ROAD TO SAN TIN.
FOR
CHAU
CIRCULAR
THE $110 MILLION CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE REGIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER/NEW TERRITORIES, MR KWONG HON-SANG AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANKI KIER LIMITED, MR J.L. HOLLAND.
MR KWONG SAID THE STAGE I OF THE LOK MA CHAU BORDER LINK PROJECT, WHICH COMPRISED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 1.8-KILOMETRE DUAL-TWO- LANE HIGHWAY TOGETHER WITH A BRIDGE OVER SHAM CHUN RIVER CARRYING TWO TRAFFIC LANES, HAD BEEN OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN DECEMBER.
TO CATER FOR THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC, A SECOND BRIDGE CARRYING TWO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LANES WOULD BE BUILT ADJACENT TO THE FIRST BRIDGE.
UPON ITS COMPLETION, A DUAL-TWO-LANE ROAD LINK PROVIDED BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SHENZHEN AT LOK MA CHAU.
UNDER THE SAME CONTRACT, A SECTION OF NEW TERRITORIES ROAD FROM FAN KAM ROAD TO SAN TIN WILL BE WIDENED.
WOULD BE
CIRCULAR
MR KWONG NOTED THAT THE 12-KILOMETRE-LONG NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD FROM AU TAU TO FAN KAM ROAD WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN FOUR PHASES.
PHASE 1 FROM PAK SHEK AU TO FAN KAM ROAD AND PHASE 2 FROM MAI PO TO PAK SHEK AU WERE OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN APRIL 1987 AND DECEMBER 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
PHASE 3 (FAIRVIEW PARK TO MAI PO) AND PHASE 4 (AU TAU TO FAIRVIEW PARK) WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WERE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR RESPECTIVELY.
THE ROAD WAS DESIGNED AS A DUAL-TWO-LANE PROVISION FOR FUTURE EXPANSION TO DUAL-THREE-LANE.
HIGHWAY WITH
"TO CATER FOR THE FUTURE TRAFFIC GROWTH ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE LOK MA CHAU BORDER LINK, IT IS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT THE WIDENING WORKS SO THAT A DUAL-THREE-LANE HIGHWAY WOULD BE PROVIDED BETWEEN AU TAU AND SHEUNG SHUI IN 1991, MR KWONG SAID.
HE ADDED THAT OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS INCLUDED A FOOTBRIDGE NEAR SHEK WU WAT VILLAGE AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT WORKS AT CHAU TAU, MAI PO, HA SAN WAT AND POK WAI VILLAGES.
WORKS WOULD COMMENCE IN EARLY FEBRUARY THIS YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
AND BE DUE
BY BINNIE
AND
THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND WILL BE SUPERVISED CONSULTANT LIMITED, KILBUR SMITH AND ASSOCIATES AND HARRIS SUTHERLAND (FAR RAST) FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.
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