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Thursday, September 28, 1972

CONTRACT FOR HIGH ISLAND DAMS TO BE SIGNED TOMORROW

Friday

The multi-million dollar contract for the construction of the main

dams for the High Island Water Scheme will be signed tomorrow,

(September 29).

The document will be signed by the Director of Water Supplies,

Mr. A.S. Robertson and Mr. Marco Possenti, an engineer of the Italian

civil engineering construction company, Vianini - Societa per Azioni of

Rome.

Another engineer of the construction firm, Mr. Ezio D'Attono, will

also attend the function to be held at the Public Works Department

Headquarters, Murray Building,

The contract is worth just over $460 million and work will begin

next month. It includes the construction of two rockfill dams rising

210 feet above sea level and 340 feet above the foundation level. One

dan will be about 2,500 feet long while the other 1,500 feet.

The contract also includes the construction of two smaller

rockfill dams to seal neighbouring valleys against overflow, and the

formation of roads, cofferdams as well as other ancillary works.

Late last year, the Government signed two other contracts under

the High Island Scheme with a consortium comprising Gammon (Hong Kong) Ltd.

and several international firms from Sweden, Germany and France, to build

three main turnels, a number of branch tunnels and their associated

stream intakes and shafts.

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