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Construction of the Kap Shui Mun Bridge has passed the halfway mark and the first sections of the main deck spans are now being erected. This part of the job began at the end of May with the lifting in place of the first 500-tonne composite steel/concrete section and so far four sections have been lifted.
Overall the Lantau Fixed Crossing is now 66 per cent complete.
The Airport Railway
Work is now under way on the Hong Kong station of the airport railway following the contract awarded by the MTRC last month. Since November last year when funding approval was given by the Legislative Council, the MTRC has awarded a total of 30 major contracts at a total value of about $17.6 billion to build the 34-kilometre railway linking the new airport to the rest of Hong Kong. Work on the airport railway is now 13 per cent complete.
The Hong Kong station is being built underground at the Central Reclamation Phase I. The 20-hectare reclamation project, which has been entrusted to the MTRC, is now 57 per cent complete.
The Western Harbour Crossing
The first immersed tube tunnel unit for the Western Harbour Crossing, Hong Kong's third cross-harbour road tunnel, was sunk onto the seabed off Sai Ying Pun in mid-March. Since then three more units have been sunk.
The project is now 48 per cent complete.
The Expressways
Work is moving ahead rapidly on all three expressways in the ACP.
Excavation of the Route 3 Cheung Ching Tunnel was completed in March, two months ahead of schedule. This milestone came only 10 months after the tunnel breakthrough in May last year. The main span deck section of the Rambler Channel Bridge, which forms part of this project, will be completed this month. Work on Route 3 is now 53 per cent complete.
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