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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1981

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ROAD RESURFACING CONTRACT AWARDED

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A CONTRACT VALUED AT MORE THAN $13.5 MILLION FOR THE COLD MILLING AND RESURFACING OF ROAD PAVEMENTS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG WAS SIGNED TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY MR CHEN SHAO-CHI, GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER (WORKS) OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND MR DERYCK ALLISON, CONTRACTS MANAGER OF WIMPEY ASPHALT (HONG KONG) LTD.

WORK WILL BEGIN BY MID-FEBRUARY 1982 AND BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER 1983.

MR CHEN SAID THAT COLD MILLING WAS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE IN HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE TECHNIQUES. EXISTING ROAD SURFACES COULD BE TEXTURED, SHAPED OR REMOVED IN LAYERS TO CLOSE TOLERANCES. THE TECHNIQUE WAS WIDELY USED OVERSEAS AND WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ROAD MAINTENANCE IN MANY BIG CITIES.

+SURFACE DEFORMATIONS WHICH OCCURS ON HEAVILY-TRAVELLED ROADS CAN BE CORRECTED WITHOUT THE NEED TO BREAK UP OR RIP OUT THE OLD ROAD SURFACE,+ HE SAID, +ROAD LEVELS CAN BE CORRECTED BEFORE RESURFACING. THE TECHNIQUE OFFERS CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS IN COST AND IS MORE CONVENIENT THAN PREVIOUS METHODS.+

MR CHEN SAID THAT MILLING AND RESURFACING WOULD BE CO-ORDINATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THOUGH ONE ADVANTAGE OF THE MILLING PROCESS WAS THAT MILLED ROADS COULD BE REOPENED TO TRAFFIC BEFORE RESURFACING WAS DONE.

THE SIGNING FOLLOWED A STUDY OF SIMILAR OPERATIONS OVERSEAS AND SMALL TRIALS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND KOWLOON, INCLUDING PART OF THE APPROACHES TO THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL.

NOTE TO EDITORS

OPENING OF FERRY PIER

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THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR ALAN ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF CHAI WAN TEMPORARY FERRY PIER TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT 3 PM. THE PIER IS SITUATED NEAR YUE WAN ESTATE IN CHAI WAN.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE EVENT.

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