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MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1978

+TWO TWO-STOREY BUILDINGS HAVE ALSO BEEN BUILT TO HOUSE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW TUNNEL.

+ IN ADDITION, A NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, OVERLOOK ING THE TOLL PLAZA, WILL HOUSE ALL THE CONTROL EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE TWO TUNNELS AND THE TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM,+

MR. SAUNDERS SAID THAT THE PROJECT WAS MORE THAN JUST A ROAD TUNNEL AS TWO 1.5-METRE-DIAMETER WATER MAINS HAD BEEN LAID BENEATH THE TUNNEL ROADWAY TO CARRY TO THE URBAN AREAS OF KOWLOON THE ADDITIONAL WATER MADE AVAILABLE BY THE RAISING OF THE PLOVER COVE DAM.

+WATER AVAILABLE FROM THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME WILL GO THROUGH THE SAME PIPES, HE ADDED.

ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE NEW TUNNEL, MR. SAUNDERS SAID, WAS THE CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION WHICH WOULD BE USED TO MONITOR THE LIGHTING AND VENTILATION SITUATION INSIDE THE TUNNEL TO KEEP IT BRIGHT AND CLEAN,

A SIMILAR SYSTEM WOULD BE INSTALLED IN THE EXISTING TUNNEL DURING RENOVATION WORK.

MEANWHILE, CONSTRUCTION WORK HAS JUST BEGUN ON A TRAFFIC INTERCHANGE AND A SECTION OF THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY OF LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD AT HUNG MUI KUK.

THE WORK, FORMING PART OF THE ROAD NETWORK PLANNED FOR SHA TIN NEW TOWN, COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 440 METRES OF A 7.3-METRE WIDE CARRIAGEWAY IN THE VICINITY OF HUNG MUI KUK TOGETHER WITH A TRAFFIC INTERCGANGE AND SLIP ROADS TO PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO KAK TIN VILLAGE AND NEARBY NEW DEVELOPMENTS, IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

WORK ON ANOTHER CONTRACT, WHICH INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 2.5 KILOMETRES OF THE 7.3-METRE WIDE CARRIAGEWAY AND THE WIDENING OF THE EXISTING LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD TO FOUR LANES, IS PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY.

WHEN COMPLETED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR THE CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF CARRYING THE INCREASED VOLUME OF TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN.