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West Kowloon Expressway reaches another milestone
Construction of the West Kowloon Expressway, an Airport Core Programme (ACP) project, has reached another important stage when the last of the 2,258 precast segments for the highway's elevated northern section was put in place.
The final section has been erected in Tai Kok Tsui, marking completion of placement of all the precast segments in 15 months, four weeks ahead of schedule.
The Project Manager/Airport and Port Access of the Highways Department, Mr Bob Lloyd, said the completion of the viaduct segments was the culmination of a considerable amount of expertise, energy and commitment by the contractor and the department's project team.
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He is now looking forward to completion of the rest of the works by the end of
With the last segment in place, the expressway's 2.7-kilometre elevated northern section has taken shape. This section of the expressway is elevated so that the Airport Railway can run underneath it.
Meanwhile, other works on the 4-kilometre dual three-lane highway are proceeding well.
These include construction of the expressway's ground-level southern section, distributor road bridges, footbridges and retaining walls.
The expressway will run from the Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza to the south of Mei Foo Sun Chuen. It is being built on the West Kowloon Reclamation as part of the road network which will connect the new airport at Chek Lap Kok and Tung Chung new town to the urban areas.
The expressway is scheduled for completion at the end of 1996. When opened, it will give much needed relief to traffic congestion in West Kowloon. Note to Editors:
Copies of a photograph of the last precast segment are now available for collection at GIS News Room.
End/Sunday, October 15, 1995
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