XN000022-1993-10-26 — Page 2

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1993

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CONTRACT FOR FINAL SECTION OF WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR SIGNED

CONSTRUCTION WORKS FOR THE FINAL SECTION OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR ARE SCHEDULED TO START EARLY NEXT MONTH FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE $399-MILLION CONTRACT, SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR KWEI SEE-KAN, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONTRACTOR, STIPULATED THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS 34 MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE WORKS.

SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS/KOWLOON REGION, MR DAVID Y K LEUNG, SAID THE WORKS UNDER THIS CONTRACT TITLED WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR YA MA TEI SECTION, PHASE II AND ASSOCIATED FOOTBRIDGES AND SUBWAY SYSTEMS MAINLY COMPRISED TWO PARTS.

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THE FIRST PART INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-LANE UPRAMP ABOUT 400 METRES LONG ALONG CHERRY STREET CONNECTING THE FERRY STREET NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY TO THE EXISTING NORTHBOUND ELEVATED ROAD AT TAI KOK TSUI ROAD.

THE SECOND PART INVOLVES THE DEMOLITION OF PART OF THE EXISTING GASCOIGNE ROAD FLYOVER, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DUAL TWO-LANE EXTENSION TO THE FLYOVER ABOUT 650 METRES LONG OVER WATERLOO ROAD TO JOIN FERRY STREET AT GROUND LEVEL NEAR THE JUNCTION WITH DUNDAS STREET.

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TWO EXISTING PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS ARE TO BE DEMOLISHED AND TO REPLACED BY TWO NEW FOOTBRIDGES AND A NEW SUBWAY ACROSS FERRY STREET AT WATERLOO ROAD, DUNDAS STREET AND PROSPEROUS GARDEN RESPECTIVELY.

THESE NEW PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES ARE INTENDED TO SERVE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION AREA.

MR LEUNG SAID IN ORDER ΤΟ REDUCE THE NOISE IMPACT ON THE NEARBY BUILDINGS, THREE-METRE HIGH NOISE BARRIERS WOULD BE ERECTED ALONG SOME SECTIONS OF THE ELEVATED ROADS AND NOISE REDUCING SURFACING WOULD BE LAID ALONG THE WHOLE CORRIDOR.

HE ADDED THAT VERY DETAILED PLANNING WAS CARRIED OUT IN ORDER TO MINIMISE DISRUPTION TO TRAFFIC DURING CONSTRUCTION.

TWO TEMPORARY STEEL RAMPS WOULD BE

BUILT BEFORE THE PARTIAL

DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING GASCOIGNE ROAD FLYOVER.

IN ADDITION, A 35-METRE WIDE STRIP OF LAND FORMED FROM THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION ALONG THE SEAWALL OF THE EXISTING YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER WOULD ALSO BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TEMPORARY CARRIAGEWAY FOR THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ALONG FERRY STREET.

WORKS ON PHASE I OF THE WEST SECTION STARTED IN JUNE LAST YEAR AND TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

KOWLOON CORRIDOR YAU MA ТВІ ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION

PHASE I CONSISTS OF A 700-METRE LONG, 8.39-METRE WIDE TWO-LANE SOUTHBOUND ELEVATED ROAD ALONG TONG MI ROAD AND FERRY STREET BETWEEN BUTE STREET AND SOY STREET.

/ON COMPLETION