ENG-1976 — Page 210

Road and Rail

Road works and other engineering projects to improve travel communications have long been a feature of life in Hong Kong. But 1976 will always be remembered as the year that tunnelling got fully under way for the $5,800 million mass transit railway. The 15.6-kilometre modified ini- tial system is due to be completed by 1980. Two other tunnels--for road traffic- reached their final stages in 1976. One of www.them goes under Hong Kong International ***** Airport and is part of a traffic route along the eastern side of the Kowloon peninsula. The route also involves a series of elevated roads, and a similar traffic corridor is being built on the western side of the peninsula. The other tunnel is a twin to the existing Lion Rock tunnel, which links Kowloon with Sha Tin and other parts of the New Territories. When the twin tunnel goes into use, there will be two vehicle lanes in each direction. Also during the year, tenders were invited for the construction of the Aberdeen road tunnel, to provide a quick route between the north and south sides of Hong Kong ****Island. And throughout 1976, work con- tinued on the modernisation and expansion of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, which is being double-tracked on its busiest section.

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Previous page: The main work site of the mass transit railway on Hong Kong Island. Left, top to bottom: The second Lion Rock tunnel; the tunnel under the air- port; and the pilot tunnel which was drilled for the Aberdeen tunnel project.

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