TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1978
TWO MAJOR ROAD CONTRACTS SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED TWO MAJOR ROAD CONTRACTS WORTH A TOTAL OF $88.5 MILLION.
ONE OF THEM WAS THE MAIN CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF TSUEN WAN BY-PASS VALUED AT $67.4 MILLION.
IT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED BY MR. NICKY CHAN, ACTING DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OF THE P.W.D. AND MR. R. BENNETT, HONG KONG BRANCH MANAGER OF DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS.
MR. CHAN SAID THAT THE PROJECT, FORMING PART OF THE ROAD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN, INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIX-LANE ROAD FROM KWAI CHUNG TO TSUEN WAN.
THE TWO-KILOMETRE ROAD WILL RUN FROM A POINT NEAR THE CONTAINER TERMINALS AT KWAI CHUNG ROAD TO TEXACO ROAD NEAR YEUNG UK ROAD.
IT WILL HAVE THREE INTERCHANGES LOCATED AT KWAI CHUNG ROAD, HING FONG ROAD AND TEXACO ROAD.
MR. CHAN SAID THAT WORK ON THIS MAIN CONTRACT WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 27 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
HE SAID THAT STAGE TWO OF THE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-KILOMETRE ROAD WHICH WILL RUN FROM TEXACO ROAD ACROSS TSUEN WAN BAY TO LINK WITH TUEN MUN ROAD AT CHA! WAN KOK.
WORK ON THE SECOND STAGE OF THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THE OTHER CONTRACT SIGNED TODAY WAS FOR THE $21 MILLION FLYOVER COMPLEX ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD NEAR TAI WO TSUEN. IT WAS AWARDED TO CHUI HING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THE PROJECT, KNOWN AS TAI WO TSUEN INTERCHANGE, WILL TAKE ABOUT 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MR. CHAN SAID: THE INTERCHANGE WILL COMPRISE A FLYOVER ACROSS CASTLE PEAK ROAD WITH AN ATTACHED FOOTBRIDGE TO ENABLE PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS THE ROAD SAFELY, AND A GRADE-SEPARATED SLIP ROAD.+
THE INTERCHANGE WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO DEVELOPMENTS NOW TAKING PLACE AT TAI WO TSUEN AREA AS PART OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.
THE CONTRACT, MR. CHAN ADDED, ALSO COVERS LANDSCAPING TREATMENT TO THE OPEN SPACES IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERCHANGE.
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