TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 193
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CONTRACT PAVES WAY FOR NEW BORDER LINK
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A $260 MILLION CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A VEHICULAR BORDER LINK AT LOK MA CHAU AND IMPROVEMENTS TO A SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD WAS SIGNED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER, MR HAROLD BEATON.
THE CONTRACT, AWARDED TO KOREA SHIPBUILDING AND ENGINEERING CORPORATION, COVERS THE FIRST STAGE OF THE BORDER LINK AND THE SECOND PHASE OF THE MA! PO TO PAK SHEK AU CIRCULAR ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
THE BORDER LINK AT LOK MA CHAU IS NEEDED TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING VOLUME OF TRAFFIC TO AND FROM CHINA AND WILL SUPPLEMENT EXISTING CROSSINGS AT MAN KAM TO AND SHA TAU KOK.
IT WILL BRANCH OFF FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD AT A GRADE SEPARATED INTERCHANGE NEAR THE JUNCTION OF LOK MA CHAU ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND CROSS THE SHENZHEN RIVER TO THE WEST OF HA WAN TSUEN.
THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE CROSSING UP TO MID-RIVER WILL BE BUILT BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE NORTHERN SECTION BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
APART FROM THE SHENZHEN RIVER BRIDGE THE CONTRACT COMPRISES A 1.8-KILOMETRE DUAL TWO-LANE ROAD CONNECTING THE BRIDGE TO THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD TOGETHER WITH SITE FORMATION FOR BORDER CONTROL FACILITIES AND A TWO-KILOMETRE DUAL TWO-LANE ROAD FROM PAK SHEK AU TOWARDS MAI PO. IT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 30 MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE WORKS.
THIS SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW THE ROUTE OF THE EXISTING CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN YUEN LONG, FANLING AND FAIRVIEW PARK HAVE ALREADY GENERATED A SIGNIFICANT VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON THE SECTION OF THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD FROM AU TAU TO FAN KAM ROAD, WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BEING PLANNED AT MAI PO, SAN TIN AND KWU TUNG.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD IS EXPECTED TO EASE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA.
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ROAD SECTION BETWEEN FAN KAM ROAD AND PAK SHEK AU IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY EARLY 1987. IT IS PLANNED TO COMPLETE THE REMAIN bias SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD FROM MAI PO TO AJ TAU BY 1990.
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