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HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT: WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING (ROAD)
1. BIDS FOR THIS CONTRACT, WITH A VALUE IN THE ORDER OF GBP400 MILLION, WILL CLOSE ON 5 JULY. ONLY TWO GROUPS SO FAR HAVE PICKED UP THE DOCUMENTS AND BY THIS STAGE IT SEEMS A NEAR CERTAINTY THAT THERE WILL BE NO OTHERS.
2. ONE GROUP COMPRISES OF CITIC, NISHIMATSU AND KUMAGAI. THESE ARE MUCH FANCIED SINCE NISHIMATSU AND KUMAGAI HAVE EACH BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MOST PREVIOUS TUNNEL CONTRACTS HERE. THE OTHER GROUPS CONSISTS OF COSTAINS, TARMAC (BOTH OF THE UK), CHRISTIANI NEILSEN PLC, (THE BRITISH SUBSIDIARY OF A DANISH COMPANY), AOKI (JAPAN), MOTT MACDONALD (UK) AND WHARF OF HONG KONG. SINCE WHARF OWN AND OPERATE THE CENTRAL HARBOUR TUNNEL IN HONG KONG THEIR INFLUENCE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT.
3. THE PROJECT IS FOR A TUNNEL CARRYING A THREE LANE ROAD IN EACH DIRECTION AND WILL INCLUDE SUBSTANTIAL ROAD WORKS AT EITHER END. ALTHOUGH BIDS ARE DUE IN BY 5 JULY THE RESULT IS NOT LIKELY TO BE DECLARED UNTIL TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
4. THE ADJOINING RAIL TUNNEL WILL BE BID SEPARATELY AND LATER, BUT IT WILL BE JUST AS BIG A CONTRACT.
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