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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1991

CONSTRUCTION OF LANTAU FIXED CROSSING GAZETTED

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THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST TSING YI TO NORTHEAST LANTAU ISLAND.

A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

CROSSING IS

WORKS IS

PUBLISHED IN THE

THE LANTAU FIXED

AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT EXTENSIVE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK SUPPORTING THE OF THE NEW AIRPORT AND PORT ON LANTAU ISLAND.

TSING THE CROSSING WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE PROPOSED ROUTE 3,

THE

LANTAU PROPOSED NORTH

EXPRESSWAY THE SITE OF THE NEW AIRPORT ON LANTAU THREE-LANE

THE HIGHWAY,

CROSSING WILL

YI NORTH COASTAL ROAD AND TO WHICH LEADS TO CHEK LAP KOK,

DUAL

ISLAND.

APART FROM A

ACCOMMODATE A RAILWAY.

UPON COMPLETION OF

THE CROSSING

PROPOSED ROAD AND

RAIL

AND CONNECTIONS, AN

EXTENSIVE AND

TRANSPORT NETWORK WILL BE PROVIDED TO LINK THE NEW

OF IMPLEMENTATION

EFFICIENT AIRPORT WITH THE

THE

REST OF THE TERRITORY.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING:

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AN INTERCHANGE AND A TOLL PLAZA ON TSING YI WITH ROUTE 3;

A SUSPENSION BRIDGE BETWEEN TSING YI AND MA WAN (THE TSING MA BRIDGE);

CABLE SUPPORTED BRIDGE BETWEEN MA WAN AND LANTAU ISLAND (THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE);

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HIGH LEVEL VIADUCTS ACROSS MA LANTAU ISLAND.

WAN, AND A TOLL PLAZA ON

THE TSING MA BRIDGE, KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND THE VIADUCTS ACROSS MA WAN WILL HAVE TWO DECKS, WITH A DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY

LANE ON THE UPPER DECK, AND TWO SINGLE

SHELTERED ACCOMMODATION FOR A TWO TRACK RAILWAY ON THE LOWER DECK.

CARRIAGEWAYS

AND

THE SHELTERED TRAFFIC LANES ARE DESIGNED FOR USE IN EMERGENCY AND ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

THE LENGTH OF THE CROSSING, FROM THE TSING YI ANCHORAGE OF TSING MA BRIDGE TO THE WESTERN LIMIT ON LANTAU ISLAND NEAR TSING TSAI, IS ABOUT 4.95 KILOMETRES.

THE

CHAU

THE CROSSING IS SCHEDULED ΤΟ BE OPERATIONAL BY LATE 1996 BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT.

UPON

THE VARIOUS

CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPOSED ENSURE THAT DISRUPTION TO MARINE TRAFFIC IS MINIMISED.

CONTRACTORS TO

/THE PLANS