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SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1988

$350M TUNNEL-RELATED CONTRACT TO BE SIGNED

WORK ON THE SHA TIN CONNECTION OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL BEGIN EARLY NEXT MONTH FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF A CONTRACT WORTH MILLION ON FRIDAY (JUNE 24).

WILL $360

THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CONTRACT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 2.2-KILOMETRE DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY AND INTERCHANGES.

THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL IS DUE TO OPEN IN JULY 1991. IT WILL EXPEDITE TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN THE NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES AND KOWLOON AND ALSO WITHIN THE SHA TIN AREA.

CARRIAGEWAY WILL ΤΟ THE TATE'S

DESIGNATED TRUNK ROAD T6, THE 2.2-KILOMETRE HELP CHANNEL TRAFFIC FROM NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES CAIRN TUNNEL, AND VICE VERSA, WITHOUT IT HAVING ΤΟ GO THROUGH SHA TIN'S INTERNAL ROAD NETWORK.

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TRUNK ROAD T6 1.4 KILOMETRES OF WHICH WILL BE ELEVATED, WILL START FROM TOLO HIGHWAY NEAR THE KCR UNIVERSITY STATION AND SPAN THE SHING MUN RIVER NORTH OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS TO JOIN THE MA ON SHAN ROAD NEAR TAI SHUI HANG.

THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES BUILDING OF TWO GRADE SEPARATED INTERCHANGES AT MA LIU SHUI AND TAI SHUI HANG, AN ACCESS ROAD ΤΟ AREA 73, FOOTPATH, CYCLE TRACK, A CYCLE SUBWAY, CYCLE PARKS AND A TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE ADJACENT TO UNIVERSITY STATION.

ADDITIONALLY, STANDARD FEATURES SUCH AS EMERGENCY TELEPHONES AND CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION CAMERAS FOR SURVEILLANCE PURPOSES ARR INCORPORATED.

THE TRUNK ROAD T6 CONTRACT, TOGETHER WITH TWO OTHER CONTRACTS TO BE AWARDED EARLY NEXT YEAR FOR CONSTRUCTING TRUNK ROAD T5, WILL FORM THE MAIN CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS FOR THE SHA TIN CONNECTION OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE $350 MILLION TRUNK INTERCHANGES CONTRACT SIGNING TO TAKE PLACE AT 10 (JUNE 24) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, SHA TIN DEVELOPMENT FLOOR, TUNG LO WAN HILL ROAD, SHA TIN.

ROAD T6 AND AM ON FRIDAY OFFICE, FIRST

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