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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1977
MORE ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN TUEN MUN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEGUN ANOTHER SERIES OF ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TUEN MUN TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF THE NEW TOWN.
THE LATEST CONTRACT, WORTH ABOUT $9.5 MILLION, COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME 24,700 SQUARE METRES OF ROAD AND FOOTPATHS AND THE LAYING OF 2,300 METRES OF STORM AND FOUL WATER DRAINS IN THE AREA.
MR. K.K. TANG, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SAID TODAY THAT THE WORKS WOULD TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
WITH THE PROVISION OF THE ROADS AND DRAINAGE, 3.3 HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
MR. TANG SAID THAT THE WIDENING OF THE DISTRIBUTOR ROAD SOUTH OF THE TAI HING ESTATE TO A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY WOULD ALSO BE CARRIED OUT.
AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER DISTRIBUTOR ROAD IN THE AREA WOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE HOUSING ESTATE, WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE SOME 22,300 PEOPLE.
MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE $300 MILLION TUEN MUN ROAD, WHICH COMPRISES A THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY AND TWO GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGES, IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.
IT IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC EARLY NEXT YEAR.
MR. TANG SAID: +PLANNING OF STAGE II IS IN HAND. THIS WILL DUPLICATE STAGE I, PROVIDING ANOTHER THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY ON A ROUGHLY PARALLEL ALIGNMENT. +
WORK ON THIS STAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1980.
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