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SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1978

WORK ON EASTERN APPROACHES OF

AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD TO BEGIN SOON

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EASTERN APPROACHES OF THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD.

THE WORK INVOLVES CONNECTING THE EASTERN PORTAL OF THE AIRPORT TUNNEL WITH AN ALREADY CONSTRUCTED SECTION OF ROAD ON THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 260 METRES DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY AND A THREE-LANE THREE SPAN OVERBRIDGE TOGETHER WITH APPROACH AND SLIP ROADS REQUIRED FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF KOWLOON BAY.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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MR. IAN MILLER, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE'S CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, SAID THE PROJECT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MAIN TRAFFIC ROUTE BETWEEN THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND KWUN TONG VIA THE WESTERN APPROACHES AND THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD.

+THE WESTERN APPROACHES, WHICH ARE AT PRESENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, CONSIST OF AN INTERCHANGE AT WUHU STREET/CHATHAM ROAD, AN ELEVATED ROADWAY ALONG CHATHAM ROAD AND KOWLOON CITY ROAD TOGETHER WITH AN INTERCHANGE AT SAN SHAN ROAD TO ENABLE EAST KOWLOON TRAFFIC TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE AIRPORT TUNNEL,+ HE SAID.

+THE AIRPORT TUNNEL, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED WITH ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT YET TO BE INSTALLED, RUNS FROM KOWLOON CITY ROAD AND EXTENDS UNDER PART OF KOWLOON CITY ROAD, MAIN AIRPORT RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT PARKING APRON, TO SURFACE ON THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION.+

MR. MILLER 'SAID THAT KWUN TONG WOULD BE LINKED TO THE TUNNEL ROUTE VIA THE PROPOSED EASTERN APPROACHES AND ASSOCIATED ROAD WORKS.

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