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Saturday, February 10, 1973

MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR APPROACH ROADS FOR TSING YT ISLAND BRIDGE

Work is progressing smoothly on the 2-mile long network of

approach roads to the Tsing Yi Island Bridge which will link the island

with Kowloon at Kwai Chung.

The project, costing about $11 million, is being carried out

in three stages, scheduled for completion early next year.

The first one involving the building of an embankment on Tsing

Yi Island has already been completed.

Work is now progressing on the second stage which covers the

formation of the approach roads and an overpass on the Kwai Chung side

of the bridge.

This is expected to be completed in about July.

The last stage includes drainage, slope protection and road

surfacing works.

It has been planned that the roadwork should be completed

simultaneously with the Tsing Yi Island bridge which is being built

by a private consortium under government licence.

The whole scheme will greatly help to accelerate industralisation

of Tsing Yi Island.

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