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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1991
CONSTRUCTION OF NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY PHASE ONE GETS GO-AHEAD
THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS AUTHORISED THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE ONE OF THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY, A 10 KILOMETRE SECTION OF THE DUAL-THREE-LANE ROADWAY LINKING THE FUTURE NEW AIRPORT ON CHEK LAP KOK AND THE PROPOSED LANTAU FIXED CROSSING.
A NOTICE ANNOUNCING
THE AUTHORISATION OF THE WORKS WAS
GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID THE 13-KILOMETRE NORTH LÁNTAU EXPRESSWAY FORMED AN INTEGRAL PART OF AN EXTENSIVE TRANSPORT NETWORK TO PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE NEW AIRPORT AND DEVELOPMENTS ON LANTAU ISLAND.
"THE EXPRESSWAY WILL RUN ALONG THE NORTH LANTAU COASTLINE BETWEEN THE WESTERN END OF LANTAU FIXED CROSSING AT TSING CHAU TSAI AND THE NEW AIRPORT WITH INTERCHANGE FACILITIES LEADING OFF ΤΟ VARIOUS CENTRES OF DEVELOPMENTS.
"UPON ITS COMPLETION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER ROAD AND RAIL PROJECTS, THE TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN HONG KONG ISLAND AND CHEK LAP KOK OR TUNG CHUNG WILL TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IF
PHASE ONE OF THE EXPRESSWAY WILL BE BUILT MOSTLY ON RECLAMATIONS BETWEEN TSING CHAU TSAI IN THE EAST AND KEI TAU KOK IN THE WEST, CONCURRENTLY LAND FOR THE AIRPORT RAILWAY AND A RESERVE PUBLIC UTILITIES WILL BE FORMED.
FOR
CONSTRUCTION ON SITE IS SCHEDULED TO START IN MAY NEXT YEAR
FOR COMPLETION IN MID-1996.
"A NOTICE PROPOSING THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE TWO, A
3-KILOMETRE SECTION OF THE EXPRESSWAY BETWEEN KEI TAU KOK AND THE NEW AIRPORT WILL BE GAZETTED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
"COMPLETION OF PHASE TWO WILL COINCIDE WITH THAT OF PHASE ONE,"
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS ROAD IN TSEUNG KWAN O
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THE LANDFILL
THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT AN ACCESS ROAD TO PROPOSED TEMPORARY ANCHORING AREA NORTHWEST OF SIU CHIK SHA IN TSEUNG KWAN 0.
A NEW TEMPORARY ANCHORING AREA NEAR THE FUTURE EASTERN AT THE NORTHWEST OF SIU CHIK SHA LANDFILL WILL BE HAU FISHERMEN TO MOOR THEIR BOATS.
PROVIDED
SEAWALL
HANG
FOR
/THE EXISTING