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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1983 *

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OF THE TOTAL PROPOSED SPENDING, HE SAID $918 MILLION WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO ROADWORKS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, $587 MILLION ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND $256 MILLION IN KOWLOON.

THE MAIN ROUTES AND THE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS TO THEM UNDER PROJECTS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS ARE

ROUTE 1: FROM ABERDEEN THROUGH THE NEW ABERDEEN TUNNEL AND VIA THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER TO THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL, AND THEN TO WO HOP SHEK VIA PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, WATERLOO ROAD, THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, ROAD T1 THROUGH SHA TIN AND THE SHA TIN TO NORTH TAI PO COASTAL ROAD.

MR BREMRIDGE SAID THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS ROUTE WAS $2 751 MILLION WITH EXPENDITURE UP TO THE END OF FISCAL 1982 ESTIMATED AT $1 311 MILLION.

HE SAID THAT ALLOCATION OF $408 MILLION IN 1983-84 WOULD BE MAINLY FOR THE SHA TIN TO NORTH TAI PO COASTAL TRUNK ROAD, SHA TIN AREA 14 AND TRUNK ROAD T1 AND TRUNK ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FROM LAM KAM ROAD TO WO HOP SHEK.

HE ADDED THAT AN ALLOCATION OF $6 MILLION FOR THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL WAS FOR THE FINISHING STAGES OF THE PROJECT.

ROUTE 2: FROM THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL WESTWARDS VIA TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN TO YUEN LONG AND FANLING. THE ROUTE FOLLOWS GASCOIGNE ROAD AND TONG MI ROAD INITIALLY, AND THEN PROCEEDS ALONG THE COAST THROUGH YAU MA TEI, SHAM SHUI PO AND LAI CHI KOK (THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR) TO JOIN THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS. IT THEN CONTINUES VIA THE BY-PASS, TUEN MUN HIGHWAY AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG. ROUTE 2 CONTINUES VIA AU TAU AND MAI PO TO JOIN ROUTE 1 AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FANLING BY-PASS.

TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS ROUTE IS $2 902 MILLION WITH EXPENDITURE UP TO MARCH 31 THIS YEAR EXPECTED TO AMOUNT TO $1 145 MILLION, MAINLY ON THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAY, THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR, THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS, AND THE YUEN LONG TO AU TAU DUAL CARRIAGEWAY.

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MR BREMRIDGE SAID $362 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR FISCAL 1983, MAINLY FOR FANLING, ENGINEERING WORKS, THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS, YUEN LONG TO AU TAU DUAL CARRIAGEWAY, THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, AU TAU TO FAN KAM AND THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR.

ROUTE 3: FROM THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL VIA WUHU INTERCHANGE AND CHATHAM ROAD TO THE AIRPORT TUNNEL AND THEN ACROSS KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION TO LE YUE MUN VIA KWUN TONG ROAD,

THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS ROUTE WAS $575 MILLION BUT EXPENDITURE UP TO THE END OF MARCH 31 THIS YEAR WAS EXPECTED TO BE $499 MILLION, MAINLY FOR THE ALREADY COMPLETED AIRPORT TUNNEL AND ITS APPROACHES.

/HE ADDED