SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1978
TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE II TUEN MUN ROAD
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WORK WILL BEGIN SHORTLY ON THE SECOND STAGE OF THE $390 MILLION TUEN MUN ROAD UNDER FOUR SEPARATE CONTRACTS.
TENDERS FOR THE FIRST TWO CONTRACTS ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
MR. T.S. NG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION SAID THAT WORK ON THESE TWO CONTRACTS WOULD BEGIN IN MAY AND TAKE ABOUT 26 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE TOTAL LENGTH OF TUEN MUN ROAD WOULD BE ABOUT 17 KILOMETRES.
TUEN MUN ROAD STAGE I - WHICH INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF A SINGLE CARRIAGEWAY FROM TSUEN WAN TO TUEN MUN, THE FORMATION OF EARTHWORKS FOR CERTAIN PARTS OF A SECOND CARRIAGEWAY AND GRADE SEPARATED INTERCHANGES AT SHAM TSENG AND SIU LAM .IS NEARING COMPLETION AND IS DUE TO BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN ABOUT ONE. MONTH.
THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR TUEN MUN ROAD STAGE TI WILL INVOLVE THE COMPLETION OF THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY OF ABOUT 5.1.KILOMETRES ALONGSIDE THE STAGE I ROAD BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND SHAM TSENG VILLAGE.
INCLUDED IN THIS LENGTH OF CARRIAGEWAY WOULD BE 1.2 KILOMETRES OF BRIDGE AND VIADUCT, SEVERAL DRAINAGE CULVERTS AND RETAINING WALLS.
THE SECOND CONTRACT WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 350 METRE-LONG VIADUCT AT SHAM TSENG VILLAGE AND ASSOCIATED EARTH AND DRAINAGE WORKS. THIS VIADUCT WILL BE BUILT ALONGSIDE THE ONE CONSTRUCTED DURING THE FIRST STAGE OF THE ROAD PROJECT AND WOULD HAVE 11 SPANS OF 32 METRES.
+THE REMAINING 10.2 KILOMETRES OF ROAD WILL BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER TWO OTHER CONTRACTS FOR WHICH TENDERS WILL BE CALLED THIS SUMMER,+ MR. NG SAID.
WORK ON TUEN MUN ROAD STAGE 1 IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SPRING OF 1981.
ON COMPLETION OF THE WHOLE PROJECT, TUEN MUN ROAD WILL BECOME A DUAL THREE-LANE HIGH-CAPACITY ROAD.
IT WILL NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN BUT WILL ALSO CUT THE TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN TUEN MUN AND ABERDEEN TO ABOUT 50 MINUTES WHEN THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER EXTENSION AND THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL ARE COMPLETED.
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