Drainage and Sewerage Works in Kowloon
9.17. Two major sewer duplication schemes were completed in Sham Shui Po district. Preliminary planning was also initiated on two submarine sewer outfall schemes now under construction by Drainage Works Division. New sewers and stormwater drains were laid to provide services to new development. Sewer cleaning operations and clearance of silt from stormwater drains continued.
Cross-Harbour Tunnel and Associated Road Connection Works
9.18. The Cross-Harbour Tunnel, the biggest highway engineering project undertaken in the history of the Colony, was started when the $270 M. contract was signed on June 1969 by the Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company Ltd. with a consortium of international contractors. The Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company Ltd. is itself a consortium of local firms, in which Government has taken a 25 percent interest. Work commenced at the beginning of September 1969 and the first months were spent assembling plant and preparing the site at Hung Hom. In November 1969 piling began for the north ramp and by March 1970 the first 350 ft. long tunnel unit was taking shape.
9.19. In conjunction with the construction of the tunnel, road connection works (which are Government responsibilities) were commenced on reclamations on both sides of the Harbour. These works include a system of grade-separated interchanges. On the Island side, the road network will join the Tunnel with the New Waterfront Road and the Canal Road Flyover, both under construction. On the Kowloon side, it will connect the Tunnel with Chatham Road and Princess Margaret Road.
Road Works in the New Territories
9.20. To meet the needs of development and traffic requirements several major and related schemes were investigated, planned and implemented.
9.21. The reconstruction to dual carriageway standard of Castle Peak Road between Castle Peak and Ping Shan was divided into two stages. Work on the first stage was well under way and the planning of Stage II was completed. The construction of South Lantau Road to feeder...
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Drainage and Sewerage Works in Kowloon
9.17. Two major sewer duplication schemes were completed in Sham Shui Po district. Preliminary planning was also initiated on two submarine sewer outfall schemes now under construction by Drainage Works Division. New sewers and stormwater drains were laid to provide services to new development. Sewer cleaning operations and clearance of silt from stormwater drains continued.
Cross-Harbour Tunnel and Associated Road Connection Works
9.18. The Cross-Harbour Tunnel, the biggest highway engineering project undertaken in the history of the Colony, was started when the $270 M. contract was signed on June 1969 by the Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company Ltd. with a consortium of international contractors. The Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company Ltd. is itself a consortium of local firms, in which Government has taken a 25 percent interest. Work commenced at the beginning of September 1969 and the first months were spent assembling plant and preparing the site at Hung Hom. In November 1969 piling began for the north ramp and by March 1970 the first 350 ft. long tunnel unit was taking shape.
9.19. In conjunction with the construction of the tunnel, road con- nection works (which are Government responsibilities) were commenced on reclamations on both sides of the Harbour. These works include a system of grade separated interchanges. On the Island side, the road network will join the Tunnel with the New Waterfront Road and the Canal Road Flyover, both under construction. On the Kowloon side, it will connect the Tunnel with Chatham Road and Princess Margaret Road.
Road Works in the New Territories
9.20. To meet the needs of development and traffic requirements several major and related schemes were investigated, planned and implemented.
9.21. The reconstruction to dual carriageway standard of Castle Peak Road between Castle Peak and Ping Shan was divided in two stages. Work on the first stage was well under way and the planning of Stage II was completed. The construction of South Lantau Road to feeder
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