THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1990
21
ROUTE 5 TO BE OPENED ON APRIL 20
10
MINUTES FOR MOTORISTS
ROUTE
5
TO DRIVE INCLUDING
IT WILL TAKE ONLY ABOUT BETWEEN SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN WITH THE OPENING OF THE SHING MUN TUNNELS FROM APRIL 20.
HIGHWAY
ENGINEER THE REGIONAL
(NEW TERRITORIES), THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID THIS HON-SANG, OF DURING A PRESS VISIT TO THE NEW ROAD FACILITIES.
MR
KWONG
TODAY
(THURSDAY)
LONG
DUAL
TSUEN
MR KWONG SAID ROUTE 5 WAS A SEVEN-KILOMETRE
NEAR THE KOWLOON-CANTON TWO-LANE HIGHWAY EXTENDING FROM TAI PO ROAD RAILWAY CORPORATION SHA TIN STATION TO TSUEN KAM INTERCHANGE IN WAN. IT FORMED PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD.
AT
THREE SECTIONS. CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW ROAD WAS DIVIDED INTO CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN APRIL 1986 AND WAS COMPLETED IN FOUR YEARS A COST OF $1.3 BILLION,
THE EASTERLY TWO-KILOMETRE SHA TIN CONNECTION AND THE
WAN CONNECTION TSUEN 1.5-KILOMETRE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WERE
BUILT BY
THE
WESTERLY TERRITORY
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
OF WHICH 2.6-KILOMETRE
WAS
CENTRAL IN
ONE
THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT
SHING MUN SECTION, 3.5-KILOMETRE TUNNELS. THESE TUNNELS COMPRISING ONE TWO-LANE EASTBOUND TUBE AND TWO-LANE WESTBOUND TUBE WERE NOW KNOWN AS THE SHING MUN TUNNELS.
LOWER
SHING
BEING
WHERE THE EACH ABOUT 100
MR KWONG SAID THE SHING MUN TUNNELS WERE NOT CONTINUOUS,
THE GORGE OF DIVIDED BY
MUN RIVER, THE CARRIAGEWAYS WERE SUPPORTED ON TWO CONCRETE BRIDGES,
METRES LONG.
OF THE LOWER SHING TUNNELS,
THE SMUGGLERS RIDGE TUNNELS, TO THE WEST MUN RIVER, WERE ABOUT ONE-KILOMETRE LONG AND THE NEEDLE HILL TO THE EAST, WERE ABOUT 1.6-KILOMETRE LONG.
TUNNELS, A TOLL PLAZA
AT THE TSUEN WAN END OF THE SHING MUN WITH 13 LANES WAS BUILT. THE TOLL WOULD BE $3 PER TRIP.
SAID
то
ENSURE
THAT ALL
ASPECTS
OF
THE
TUNNEL
A COMPUTERISED
MR KWONG OPERATIONS WERE MONITORED AND CONTROLLED EFFICIENTLY, TUNNEL SUPERVISORY SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED.
THE TUNNELS AND APPROACHES WERE EQUIPPED
AND SYSTEM TELEVISIONS, A PUBLIC ADDRESS
WITH
EMERGENCY
CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEPHONES,
HE
SAID.
EASTBOUND
AND WESTBOUND
EMERGENCY CROSS PASSAGES LINKING THE
AT 100-METRE INTERVALS FOR TUBES WERE ALSO PROVIDED IN THE TUNNELS PEDESTRIANS AND AT 600-METRE FOR LIGHT EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
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