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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1994

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ACP HIGHWAYS PROJECTS MAKE GOOD PROGRESS

* * * * *

WORK

IS

PROGRESSING THE AIRPORT

ON ALL WELL

ON

CORE PROGRAMME PROJECTS HIGHWAYS, MR H S KWONG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE FIVE MAJOR

(ACP),

HIGHWAYS

THE

DIRECTOR

OF

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN EXHIBITION ON THE ACP ORGANISED BY THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE (NAPCO), MR KWONG SAID THE ACP'S HIGHWAYS PROJECTS WERE DESIGNED TO CATER FOR NEW AIRPORT'S TRAFFIC AND TO RELIEVE EXISTING TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

THE

HONG THE FIVE HIGHWAYS PROJECTS ON THE ACP, WHICH WILL PROVIDE

WHEN COMPLETED IN KONG WITH A TOTAL OF 34 KILOMETRES OF NEW ROADS

THE 12.5-KILOMETRE NORTH 1997, INCLUDE THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING,

3, LANTAU EXPRESSWAY, THE TSING YI AND KWAI CHUNG SECTIONS OF ROUTE

CROSSING, HONG THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY AND THE WESTERN HARBOUR KONG'S THIRD CROSS-HARBOUR ROAD TUNNEL.

SUSPENSION THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, COMPRISING THE TSING MA

LANTAU ISLAND BRIDGE AND THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE, WOULD LINK UP THE WITH THE MAIN URBAN AREAS AND SERVE AS THE KEY TO OPEN UP LANTAU, KWONG SAID.

"THE OPENING OF LANTAU COULD PROVIDE VITAL PORT FACILITIES HELP SUPPORT THE ECONOMIES OF HONG KONG AND SOUTH CHINA INTO THE CENTURY," HE SAID.

MR

ΤΟ

NEXT

SAID IT WOULD ON THE TSING MA SUSPENSION BRIDGE, MR KWONG BECOME INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AS A MAJOR HONG KONG LANDMARK.

HEIGHT

THE WORLD'S LONGEST "ITS MAIN SPAN OF 1,377 METRES WILL BE CARRYING BOTH ROAD AND RAILWAY, AND ITS CONCRETE TOWERS WITH A OF 206 METRES ARE AS HIGH AS SOME OF THE TALLEST OFFICE BUILDINGS THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.

"CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN SUSPENSION CABLES SPINNING HAS COMMENCED AND ITS DECK UNITS WILL BE LATTER HALF OF 1995," HE SAID.

IN

BY AERIAL WIRE ERECTED IN THE

MR KWONG SAID HONG KONG'S ROADS HAD ONE OF THE HIGHEST DENSITIES IN THE WORLD.

THE

VEHICLE

GOVERNMENT

ROAD

"TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING TRANSPORT DEMANDS, IS UNDERTAKING AN EXTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME WITH OVER 100 PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND 50 BEING PLANNED.

AND ACCESS то THE TUEN MUN ROAD AND THE TING KAU BRIDGE ARE COUNTRY PARK SECTION IS TO COMMENCE

TRAFFIC "TO IMPROVE THE CROSS-BORDER NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES, IMPROVEMENT WORKS AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF UNDER WAY. BESIDES, THE ROUTE 3 - CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY 1995.

1998,

"THESE PROJECTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1996, 1997 WHICH WILL WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ACP SECTION OF ROUTE TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ALONG TUEN MUN ROAD AND IN KWAI CHUNG, HE SAID.

AND

3

"

/THE ACP