This Company
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was
formed by
a consortium
of British, Chinese,
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The Consortium has undergone a Japanese and local interests. restructuring since it was provisionally granted the franchise in February this year which allows for Chinese and more local The restructuring would not business interests to participate. affect the Consortium's ability to fulfil its obligations under the franchise. Together with the original British and Japanese international
le consortium members, the consortium represents
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confidence in the future of Hong Kong by investing in a 30-year tunnel franchise which will ride through many business cycles.
Tunnel design
Unlike the Eastern Harbour Crossing, the Tate's Cairn Tunnel will not carry
The Lego Ad hoc Tunnel will not carry a rail link in it.
this and
group had enquired
into
the reason
terms
for
is it
not
we
advisable
were
to
informed that in engineering construct a tunnel through the rock with a diameter so wide as
to render
uneconomical. construction
the Also
existing alignment of the tunnel is designed to avoid the faults in the rocks of Tate's Cairn. Hence if the need should arise in
will have to
in fact future a separate rail tunnel can be constructed and this would be a better option than to have both road and rail link in the same tunnel.
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The Legee Ad hoc Group had, in view of the experience of the traffic congestion at the Lion Rock Tunnel, requested the Administration to look into the designs of the approach roads to both ends of the Tate's Cairn Tunnel and advised the
cater should
for the the tunnel approaches
There
Į Consortium that
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possible: adoption of tidal flow traffic arrangements. should be maximum flexibility so that if the need should arise,
for example four all the lanes can be used for south bound traffic, while at
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orthbound.
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e-time, the Lion-Rock Tunnel could allow lanes to go northi The Administration has agreed to put our proposals to the consortium.
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