THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1978
CONTRACT FOR WONG CHUK HANG INTERCHANGE SIGNED
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THE MASSIVE $306 MILLION ABERDEEN TUNNEL PROJECT TOOK A MAJOR STEP FORWARD TODAY WITH THE SIGNING OF A CONTRACT FOR THE WONG CHUK HANG INTERCHANGE.
THE $57.5 MILLION CONTRACT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED BY DR. CHOI YU-LEUK, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE P.W.D.'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE, AND MR. TAI SHIU-TING, OF CHUI HING CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
SPEAKING AT THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY TODAY DR. CHOI SAID THAT WORK ON THE INTERCHANGE WOULD BEGIN SHORTLY AND TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
IT WOULD INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GRADE-SEPARATED INTER- CHANGE LINKING THE SOUTHERN PORTALS AND TOLL PLAZA AREA WITH THE EXISTING WONG CHUK HANG ROAD WHICH LEADS TO ABERDEEN TOWN CENTRE.
THE FOUR-LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY TUNNEL ROUTE, HE ADDED, WOULD BE TAKEN IN AN UNDERPASS BELOW THE PRESENT JUNCTION OF NAM FUNG ROAD AND WONG CHUK HANG ROAD.
DR. CHO SAID TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE OCEAN PARK PARTICULARLY FOR TRAFFIC FROM THE TUNNEL, THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD TO THE PARK WILL BE REALIGNED AND CONNECTED TO THE TUNNEL ROUTE BY A GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGE, ALLOWING FREE FLOWING MOVEMENT.
+OTHER SLIP ROADS WILL ALLOW EASY ACCESS TO AND FROM THE
TUNNEL.
+TO FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS, TWO SEPARATE COVERED FOOTBRIDGES WILL BE BUILT AT SUITABLE LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION A PEDESTRIAN WAY, INTEGRAL WITH ONE OF THE SLIP ROAD STRUCTURES, WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED.+
IN THE MEANTIME, WORK ON THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS HIGHWAY PROJECTS EVER UNDERTAKEN BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.
ON COMPLETION IN 1980, IT WILL PROVIDE A FAST AND DIRECT ROAD LINK FROM ABERDEEN TO THE NORTHERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND THENCE THROUGH THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TO KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
AYS
THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA ON BEHALF OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF P.W.D.
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