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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1980

TENDERS INVITED FOR CONSTRUCTION

OF PHASE I ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR

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THE PIOLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED TENDERS FROM A LIST OF PREQUALIFIED CONTRACTORS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE ONC OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (THURSDAY), MR HAROLD BEATON, ACTING PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER, SAID WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD START LATER THIS YEAR AND BE COMPLETED IN 1984.

ON COMPLETION, THE HIGHWAY WILL PROVIDE A HIGH CAPACITY RELIEF ROUTE BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY AND NORTH POINT.

HE SAID: THE HIGHWAY WILL BE A TWO-KILOMETRE ELEVATED ROAD MOSTLY OVER WATER ALONG THE NORTHERN SHORE OF HONG KONG ISLAND.

+ IT WILL START FROM VICTORIA PARK ROAD IN CAUSEWAY BAY AND END AT HEALTHY STREET WEST IN NORTH POINT, WITH THE PROVISION FOR FUTURE EXTENSION TO SHAU KEI WAN.

+ THE ELEVATED ROAD WILL LINK THE EXISTING ROAD NETWORK BY SLIP ROADS AT VICTORIA PARK ROAD/HING FAT STREET JUNCTION, TONG SHUT ROAD AND HEALTHY STREET WEST.+

THE ELEVATED ROAD WILL CONSIST OF 81 MAIN CARRIAGEWAY SPANS AND 39 SLIP ROAD SPANS RANGING FROM 26 TO 29 METRES IN LENGTH. THE DECK LEVEL WILL VARY FROM 12 METRES TO 18 METRES ABOVE WATER.

MR BEATON SAID ABOUT HALF OF THE LENGTH OF THE ELEVATED ROAD WOULD BE A DUAL FOUR-LANE CARRIAGEWAY AND THE REMAINING SECTION WOULD BE A DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY.

+ THE NEW ROAD WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 10 000 VEHICLES PER HOUR, NEARLY TREBLING THAT OF KING'S ROAD, HE ADDED.

REFERRING TO THE REPROVISION WORK OF THIS PROJECT, MR BEATON SAID, +A TOTAL OF FIVE CONTRACTS, WORTH ABOUT $70 MILLION, HAVE EITHER BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE IN HAND.

+THEY INCLUDE THE RECLAMATION OF THE NORTH-EASTERN CORNER OF THE CAUSEWAY BAY TYPHOON SHELTER, A NEW BREAKWATER OFF KELLETT ISLAND, A NEW VEHICULAR FERRY PIER, ADVANCED FOUNDATION WORKS OFF NORTH POINT BUS TERMINUS AND THE RECLAMATION BETWEEN WATSON ROAD AND OIL STREET.+

A TOTAL OF EIGHT PREQUALIFIED CONTRACTORS AND JOINT VENTURES FROM BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND HONG KONG, HAVE BEEN INVITED TO SUBMIT TENDERS FOR THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT OF THE PROJECT.

THE CONTRACT IS PREPARED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA ON BEHALF OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.