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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1994

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED AS CONTRACT CONDITIONS, THE COMPLIANCE OF WHICH, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE, WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED BY SPECIALIST CONSULTANTS EMPLOYED BY GOVERNMENT FOR THE PROJECT.

UPON COMPLETION, NOISE-REDUCING ROAD SURFACING WILL BE PROVIDED ΤΟ LOWER TRAFFIC NOISE LEVELS AT THE EXISTING BUILDINGS IN THE TING KAU

BY SET AREA AND TO ENSURE THAT NOISE IS CONTAINED WITHIN LIMITS THE HONG KONG PLANNING STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.

DURING THE PLANNING STAGE OF THE PROJECT, COMMISSIONED ITS OWN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT WHICH THAT THE PROJECT WAS ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE.

GOVERNMENT CONCLUDED

THE DETAILED PLANNING FOR THE CONTRACT WAS MANAGED BY THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT WHO WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE CONTRACT.

LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD STAGE I WORKS COMPLETED

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BETWEEN

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SECTION OF LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD HUNG MUI KUK INTERCHANGE AND SHA TIN ROAD, BEING STAGE I OF THE

ALL FOUR LANES WILL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC FROM THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 8).

AT THE SAME TIME, THE TIDAL FLOW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT WHICH IMPLEMENTED DURING THE STAGE I WORKS WILL ALSO BE CANCELLED.

WAS

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT (NEW TERRITORIES), MR ALAN LUI,

THE TIDAL FLOW TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES HAD BEEN EFFECTIVE WITH NO SERIOUS CONGESTION.

SAID

UTILISING

"THE CO-OPERATION OF THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC IN FULLY ALTERNATIVE ROUTES AS WELL AS PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, AND THEIR PATIENCE, IS MUCH APPRECIATED," HE SAID.

THE WORKS COMPLETED INCLUDED TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPER-ELEVATION AND ALIGNMENT ON BENDS, PAVEMENT, IMPROVEMENTS TO LENGTHENING THE SLIP ROADS TO AND FROM THE HUNG MUI KUK INTERCHANGE, REPLACEMENT OF THE CONCRETE CENTRAL DIVIDER AND ROAD LIGHTING SYSTEM, IMPROVEMENT TO THE ROAD DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF OVERHEAD GANTRY SIGNS.

STAGE II, WHICH IS THE FINAL STAGE OF RECONSTRUCTION WORKS, IS NOW UNDER WAY. IT COVERS THE SECTION OF LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD BETWEEN HUNG MUI KUK INTERCHANGE AND THE TUNNEL TOLL PLAZA.

MR LUI POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE FIVE TRAFFIC LANES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD, AND ONLY ONE LANE HAS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF USE AT A TIME TO ALLOW WORKS TO PROCEED.

"AS IT IS POSSIBLE ΤΟ MAINTAIN TWO TRAFFIC LANES IN EACH DIRECTION ALL THE TIME DURING THIS STAGE OF WORKS, THERE IS NO NEED TO IMPLEMENT A TIDAL FLOW TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME, HE SAID.

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