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THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND GIVE MORE RECOGNITION TO THEIR EFFORTS AS LEVEL OF THEIR SUPPORT IN THESE TWO AREAS FALL SHORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S EXPECTATION, HE ADDED.
MR CHAN ALSO SAID THE WORKING GROUP AND THE RESEARCHER WOULD UNDERTAKE MORE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE FINDINGS, INCLUDING HOLDING FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND A SEMINAR ON THE DETAILED FINDINGS.
FIRST SPANS ERECTED FOR ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY SECTION
CONSTRUCTION OF THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY, AN AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) PROJECT, HAS MOVED STEADILY AHEAD WITH TWO SPANS OF THE EXPRESSWAY'S ELEVATED NORTHERN SECTION BEING PLACED INTO POSITION.
THE 4.2-KILOMETRE EXPRESSWAY WILL RUN FROM THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING TOLL PLAZA TO MEI FOO.
COMPLETION OF THE FIRST TWO SPANS ON THE NORTHERN ELEVATED SECTION MARKS A SIGNIFICANT STAGE IN THE PROJECT.
BOTH SPANS ARE 37 METRES LONG, EACH COMPRISING 12 PRECAST CONCRETE SEGMENTS.
THEY WERE PLACED IN POSITION BY A RELATIVELY NEW METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION, THE BALANCED CANTILEVER METHOD, USING PRECAST CONCRETE SEGMENTS.
IN THIS METHOD, THE SEGMENTS, EACH WEIGHING BETWEEN 60 AND 80 TONNES, ARE LIFTED BY CRANES, AND THEN MANOEUVRED INTO POSITION ON A VIADUCT PIER.
IN ALL, THERE WILL BE ABOUT 2,300 PRECAST SEGMENTS ON THE 2.7- KILOMETRE VIADUCT SECTION AND ITS ASSOCIATED RAMPS.
LAST MONTH, THE FIRST SPAN OF THE ROUTE 3 RAMBLER CHANNEL BRIDGE WAS PLACED INTO POSITION BY USING A SIMILAR BALANCED CANTILEVER TECHNIQUE.
THE EXPRESSWAY, A 4.2-KILOMETRE DUAL THREE-LANE HIGHWAY, IS BEING BUILT ON THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION AS
PART OF THE ROAD NETWORK WHICH WILL CONNECT THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND CHUNG NEW TOWN TO THE URBAN AREAS.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXPRESSWAY IS DIVIDED INTO CONTRACTS, NORTH AND SOUTH. THE NORTH SECTION IS BEING KUMAGAI-MAEDA-CRABC JOINT VENTURE WHILE THE SOUTH SECTION BUILT BY AOKI CORPORATION.
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WORK STARTED IN AUGUST LAST YEAR AND BOTH SECTIONS TARGETTED FOR COMPLETION IN LATE 1996.
THE EXPRESSWAY WILL FORM PART OF ROUTE 3, WHICH WILL RUN HONG KONG ISLAND THROUGH THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES.
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