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FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1983

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR WIDENING CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST

THE GOVERNMENT

HAS

AWARDED A $79 MILLION CONTRACT CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST ON CONSTRUCTION OF A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY ON

FOR HONG

KONG ISLAND.

THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS,

LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PTY KWEI SEE-KAN, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF MR JOHN TOMSEN AND MR JOHN MCNAUGHT.

MR

LTD,

BETWEEN

WEST,

H

A

ONE-WAY "CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST IS CURRENTLY

EASTBOUND EASTERN JUNCTIONS WITH ITS WESTERN AND

ROAD DES VOEUX SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

WILL

"WITH THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT, CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST

THEN BE ABLE ΤΟ HAVE A DUAL THREE LANE CARRIAGEWAY. MOTORISTS WILL

TO SHEK TRAVEL WESTWARDS ALONG THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD FROM CENTRAL TONG TSUI, WESTERN.

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WEST ΤΟ THE LENGTH OF CONNAUGHT ROAD

BE DUALLED UNDER THE CONTRACT WILL BE ABOUT 1.2 KILOMETRES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

CONSTRUCTION WORKS WILL START SOON AFTER EASTER AND BE DUE COMPLETION IN ABOUT 19 MONTHS.

FOR

LANE WEST, AND A WILMER TRAFFIC BETWEEN

THE CONTRACT COVERS CONSTRUCTION OF A DUAL THREE CARRIAGEWAY (A TOTAL OF SIX LANES) ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD

SERVICE SOUTHERN TWO LANE

ROAD FOR LOCAL STREET AND WESTERN STREET.

SERVICE VEHICLES

BETWEEN

FOR IT ALSO COVERS SOUTHERN LAYBYS WESTERN STREET AND WHITTY STREET AND ANCILLARY ROADWORKS.

ACROSS

CONSTRUCTION OF FOOTBRIDGES STREET, WESTERN STREET AND EASTERN

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THE OTHER WORKS INCLUDE

AT WATER CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST STREET.

THE CONTRACT IS THE

ROAD

THIRD PROJECT,

SAID THE SPOKESMAN

STUDY 1984

CONNECTION WITH THE UPGRADED CONNAUGHT

FORWARD IN A RECOMMENDATIONS PUT REQUIREMENTS IN MID-LEVELS AND CENTRAL.

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AWARDED IN THE

ONE OF INTO TRANSPORT

IT WAS FOR FLYOVER

THE FIRST CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN SEPTEMBER 1986. $197 MILLION AND COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HARCOURT ROAD AND PEDDER STREET UNDERPASS,

THE $187 MILLION.

THE SECOND CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN

OF THE RUMSEY STREET CONSTRUCTION

1986. NOVEMBER

AT FLYOVER

A

IT COVERS OF COST

THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE UPGRADED CONNAUGHT 4.5 KILOMETRES.

ROAD PROJECT IS

/THE FOURTH