FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1994
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FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR ROUTE 16 TO START
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THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR ROUTE 16 BETWEEN WEST KOWLOON AND SHA TIN WILL START THIS MONTH UPON THE SIGNING OF AN AGREEMENT TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE REGIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER/NEW TERRITORIES OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, MR YEUNG YU-CHEONG, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF MOUCHEL ASIA LIMITED, WHO ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE STUDY IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID "THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY UPDATE" HAD INDICATED THE NEED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROUTE 16 BETWEEN WEST KOWLOON AND SHA TIN.
ROUTE 16 WILL DISTRIBUTE TRAFFIC EFFECTIVELY FROM SHA TIN AND THE AREAS TO ITS NORTH, TO LAI CHI KOK, KWAI CHUNG AND THE FUTURE AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, OR TO MONG KOK, YAU MA TEI AND THEN HONG KONG ISLAND WEST THROUGH THE FUTURE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING.
MOREOVER, IT WILL ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION PROBLEM AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL AND TAI PO ROAD.
THE PROJECT IS TO CONSTRUCT AN EXPRESSWAY KOWLOON AT LAI CHI KOK AND SHA TIN AT TAI WAI.
CONNECTING WEST
IT MAINLY COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 6.2-KILOMETRE LONG EXPRESSWAY, A 2.2-KILOMETRE SECTION OF WHICH IS IN TUNNEL, CONNECTING ROAD T3 (UPGRADED TAI PO ROAD AT TAI WAI) AND THE FUTURE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY AT LAI WAN INTERCHANGE.
THE OPTIONS OF A DUAL TWO-LANE OR DUAL THREE-LANE WILL BE INVESTIGATED IN THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THE TENTATIVE PROGRAMME OF THE PROJECT IS CONSTRUCTION IN MAY 1997 FOR COMPLETION IN NOVEMBER 2000.
CARRIAGEWAY
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MR HURD VISITS SHA TIN
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH THE RT HON DOUGLAS HURD, TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED SHA TIN FOR HAND LOOK AT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
AFFAIRS, A FIRST-
PATTEN ;
ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN; AND THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DAVID BROWNING, MR HURD FIRST TOURED THE HENG ON ESTATE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX IN MA ON SHAN TO SEE THE DISTRICT OFFICE'S "GET OUT TO VOTE PUBLICITY EFFORTS" FOR THIS SUNDAY'S DISTRICT BOARD POLLS.
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