FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1978
TENDERS CALLED FOR TUEN MUN ROAD SECOND CARRIAGEWAY
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WORK WILL BEGIN SHORTLY ON THE FINAL SECTION OF THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY OF THE 17-KILOMETRE TUEN MUN ROAD.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK WERE INVITED TODAY BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THE WORK INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF 9.3 KILOMETRES OF CARRIAGEWAY BETWEEN SHAM TSENG AND TUEN MUN WHICH INCLUDES TWO BRIDGES AND EXTENSIVE EARTH AND DRAINAGE WORKS.
DR. CHOI YU-LEUK, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID WORK WOULD BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT 22 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MEANWHILE, WORK HAS BEGUN ON THE OTHER SECTION OF THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY OF TUEN MUN ROAD BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND SHAM TSENG.
IN ADDITION, TENDERS WILL BE CALLED EARLY NEXT YEAR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS RAMP AT THE TSUEN WAN END OF THE HIGHWAY.
ON COMPLETION OF THE WHOLE PROJECT IN LATE 1980, TUEN MUN ROAD WILL BE A DUAL THREE-LANE ROAD RUNNING FROM TSUEN WAN TO TUEN MUN.
THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED i BY SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, FOR THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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