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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987

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ROUTE 5 SHA TIN CONNECTION CONTRACT AWARDED

WORK ON THE SHA TIN CONNECTION OF ROUTE 5 IS TO START MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WITH THE AWARD OF A $210 MILLION CONTRACT TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

IN THE BY THE

THE DIRECTOR OF THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY

MR

KWOK, KENNETH

OF AND REPRESENTATIVES TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, HARBOUR CONSTRUCTION LTD., MR PATRICK CHAN AND MR GERRIT DE NYS.

FOR CONSTRUCTING THE THE MAIN CIVIL

THIS, TOGETHER WITH TWO OTHER CONTRACTS SHING MUN SECTION AND TSUEN WAN CONNECTION WILL FORM ENGINEERING WORKS FOR THE TRUNK ROAD.

TIN

THE SHA TIN CONNECTION WILL START NEAR THE BOUNDARY OF SHA

ΤΑΙ РО ROAD NEW TOWN, NORTH OF HEUNG FAN LIU, AND JOIN THE EXISTING NEAR SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE.

THE WORK INCLUDES A

2.2-KILOMETRE

1.2 KILOMETRES OF WHICH WILL BE ELEVATED.

DUAL TWO-LANE

CARRIAGEWAY,

WAI

NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY

ALSO INCLUDED ARE TWO FLYOVERS CONNECTING ROUTE 5 WITH TAI AND A FLYOVER CONNECTING THE HIGHWAY WITH THE OF TAI PO ROAD IN FRONT OF TUNG LO WAN.

THE

CONTRACT PROVIDES

FOR

FORMATION

WORK FOR SEVERAL

RESIDENTIAL SITES IN PAK TIN.

INCORPORATED INTO THE

BARRIERS

AT

IN ADDITION, SOME SPECIAL FEATURES ARE

OF NOISE ROAD

SUCH

PROVISION AS

OF FIVE CLOSED CIRCUIT AND INSTALLATION

POINTS ALONG THE TRUCK ROAD STRATEGIC

FOR

TRUCK

PROJECT, APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS TELEVISION CAMERAS AT SURVEILLANCE PURPOSES.

ROAD TRUCK

LINKING CONTRACT AWARDED

SEVEN-KILOMETRE-LONG CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHA TIN WITH TSUEN WAN STARTED WITH A $452 MILLION FOR THE SHING NUN SECTION IN APRIL LAST YEAR.

SMUGGLERS RIDGE AND IT COMPRISES TWIN TWO-LANE TUNNELS UNDER

PLAZA AND AN ADMINISTRATION NEEDLE HILL, THREE BRIDGES PLUS A TOLL AND CONTROL BUILDING AT TSUEN WAN NEAR WO YI HOP ROAD.

WORK ON THE TSUEN WAN CONNECTION STARTED LAST MONTH AT OF $161.3 MILLION, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF TWO UNDERPASSES CONNECT SHEK WAI KOK ROAD TO WAI TSUEN ROAD UNDER TEXACO ROAD PEI CHUN ROAD TO SHEK WẢI KOK ROAD UNDER CHEUNG PEI SHAN ROAD.

WO AT

TO

AND YI

YI HOP, FOOTBRIDGES AND IN ADDITION, AN INTERCHANGE SUBWAYS WILL BE BUILT AND CHEUNG PEI SHAN ROAD WILL BE EXTENDED:

THE WHOLE TRUNK ROAD IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN END OF 1989.

TO TRAFFIC AT THE

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