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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1978

GARDEN ROAD/MAGAZINE GAP ROAD FLYOVER TO BE COMPLETED IN APRIL

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THE GARDEN ROAD/MAGAZINE GAP ROAD FLYOVER IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN APRIL.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. T.S. LO AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

MR. MCDONALD SAID THAT THE COMPLETION DATE WAS ABOUT FIVE MONTHS BEHIND THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT COMPLETION DATE DUE IN PART TO DELAYS CAUSED BY UNFORSEEN UTILITY DIVERSIONS.

HE SAID THAT GENERALLY THE CONTRACT PERIODS SPECIFIED IN TENDER DOCUMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLYOVERS WERE REASONABLE.

+THESE PERIODS ARE DETERMINED FROM PAST EXPERIENCE ON PERFORMANCE ON SIMILAR CONTRACTS AND AFTER CONSIDERING SUCH FACTORS AS THE SIZE AND NATURE OF THE PROPOSED STRUCTURES AND THE PHYSICAL AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE AREA,+ HE SAID.

IN THE CASE OF THE GARDEN ROAD/MAGAZINE GAP ROAD FLYOVER, HE ADDED, THE CONTRACT PERIOD WAS SPECIFIED AS 15 MONTHS COMMENCING ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1976 WITH COMPLETION ON NOVEMBER 30, 1977.

MR. MCDONALD SAID THAT LIQUIDATED DAMAGES WERE STIPULATED IN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AT $1,800 PER DAY. NO BONUS CLAUSE WAS INCLUDED.

TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON COTTON TREE DRIVE WILL EASE SOON

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TRAFFIC ON COTTON TREE DRIVE WILL FLOW MORE FREELY WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLYOVER AT THE TOP OF GARDEN ROAD IS COMPLETED IN APRIL, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES, SAID TODAY.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. T.S. LO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. JONES SAID IN THE LONGER TERM, THERE IS A PLAN TO WIDEN GARDEN ROAD ABOVE ITS JUNCTION WITH COTTON TREE DRIVE TO PROVIDE THREE UPHILL LANES.

HE SAID WORK ON THIS WAS EXPECTED TO START IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1979/80 AND TO BE COMPLETED IN 1980/81.

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