FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1991
CONSTRUCTION OF LANTAU FIXED CROSSING GAZETTED
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THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST TSING YI TO NORTHEAST LANTAU ISLAND.
A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
CROSSING IS
WORKS IS
PUBLISHED IN THE
THE LANTAU FIXED
AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT EXTENSIVE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK SUPPORTING THE OF THE NEW AIRPORT AND PORT ON LANTAU ISLAND.
TSING THE CROSSING WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE PROPOSED ROUTE 3,
THE
LANTAU PROPOSED NORTH
EXPRESSWAY THE SITE OF THE NEW AIRPORT ON LANTAU THREE-LANE
THE HIGHWAY,
CROSSING WILL
YI NORTH COASTAL ROAD AND TO WHICH LEADS TO CHEK LAP KOK,
DUAL
ISLAND.
APART FROM A
ACCOMMODATE A RAILWAY.
UPON COMPLETION OF
THE CROSSING
PROPOSED ROAD AND
RAIL
AND CONNECTIONS, AN
EXTENSIVE AND
TRANSPORT NETWORK WILL BE PROVIDED TO LINK THE NEW
OF IMPLEMENTATION
EFFICIENT AIRPORT WITH THE
THE
REST OF THE TERRITORY.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING:
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AN INTERCHANGE AND A TOLL PLAZA ON TSING YI WITH ROUTE 3;
A SUSPENSION BRIDGE BETWEEN TSING YI AND MA WAN (THE TSING MA BRIDGE);
CABLE SUPPORTED BRIDGE BETWEEN MA WAN AND LANTAU ISLAND (THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE);
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HIGH LEVEL VIADUCTS ACROSS MA LANTAU ISLAND.
WAN, AND A TOLL PLAZA ON
THE TSING MA BRIDGE, KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND THE VIADUCTS ACROSS MA WAN WILL HAVE TWO DECKS, WITH A DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY
LANE ON THE UPPER DECK, AND TWO SINGLE
SHELTERED ACCOMMODATION FOR A TWO TRACK RAILWAY ON THE LOWER DECK.
CARRIAGEWAYS
AND
THE SHELTERED TRAFFIC LANES ARE DESIGNED FOR USE IN EMERGENCY AND ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THE LENGTH OF THE CROSSING, FROM THE TSING YI ANCHORAGE OF TSING MA BRIDGE TO THE WESTERN LIMIT ON LANTAU ISLAND NEAR TSING TSAI, IS ABOUT 4.95 KILOMETRES.
THE
CHAU
THE CROSSING IS SCHEDULED ΤΟ BE OPERATIONAL BY LATE 1996 BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT.
UPON
THE VARIOUS
CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPOSED ENSURE THAT DISRUPTION TO MARINE TRAFFIC IS MINIMISED.
CONTRACTORS TO
/THE PLANS