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The Government published a notice in the Gazette today (April 27) on the road works at the Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and associated works. The road works have been authorised by the Chief Executive in Council.
The road works include:
(1) Construction of an approximate 4.8km dual two-lane road tunnel between Princess Hill and Lung Shan (the Lung Shan Tunnel) with associated cross passages;
(2) Construction of an approximate 0.9km dual two-lane road tunnel at Cheung Shan (the Cheung Shan Tunnel) with associated cross passages;
(3) Construction of an administration building and outdoor compound, four ventilation buildings at tunnel portals and a ventilation building at Lau Shui Heung, with associated maintenance accesses to facilitate ventilation and tunnel control operation of the Lung Shan Tunnel and Cheung Shan Tunnel;
(4) Construction of an approximate 200m ventilation adit from the mid-section of the Lung Shan Tunnel to the ventilation building at Lau Shui Heung to facilitate ventilation and tunnel control operation of the Lung Shan Tunnel;
(5) Construction of an approximate 0.4km dual two-lane carriageway (including approximately 0.2km elevated carriageway and approximately 0.2km at-grade carriageway) at the south portal of the Lung Shan Tunnel with associated slip roads connecting with Fanling Highway near Kiu Tau;
(6) Construction of an approximate 0.9km dual two-lane carriageway (including approximately 0.5km elevated carriageway and approximately 0.4km at-grade carriageway) between the south portal of the Cheung Shan Tunnel and the north portal of the Lung Shan Tunnel;
(7) Construction of an approximate 3.2km dual two-lane carriageway (including an approximate 2.7km elevated carriageway and an approximate 0.5km at-grade carriageway) between the proposed Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and the north portal of the Cheung Shan Tunnel;
(8) Construction of elevated and at-grade carriageways, road tunnel, footpaths, footbridges, public car park and public transport interchange within the proposed Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point;
(9) Construction of elevated carriageways and pedestrian access connecting the proposed Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point with the new Boundary Control Point on Shenzhen side;
(10) Construction of a roundabout with associated slip roads and at-grade carriageways connecting to Lin Ma Hang Road;
(11) Construction of slip roads between Lin Ma Hang Road and the proposed Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point;
(12) Widening of an approximate 1.2km Lin Ma Hang Road from its junction with Ping Che Road to the south of the proposed Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point;
(13) Widening of an approximate 0.3km existing carriageway linking Lin Ma Hang Road to Chuk Yuen Village Resite Area;
(14) Modification and realignment of various roads, including an approximate 0.6km Lin Ma Hang Road across the proposed Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point; an approximate 0.6km Tai Wo Service Road West and its adjacent footpaths; an approximate 0.5km Tai Wo Service Road East, and its adjacent footpaths and cycle track; an approximate 0.4km Sha Tau Kok Road; as well as an approximate 0.3km Wo Keng Shan Road;
(15) Construction of a roundabout with associated slip roads at Shan Tong connecting to Sha Tau Kok Road and Wo Keng Shan Road;
(16) Construction of a roundabout with associated slip roads and access road at Ping Yeung connecting to Ping Yeung Village;
(17) Construction of a pedestrian subway and associated facilities to connect the proposed Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and the realigned Lin Ma Hang Road;
(18) Permanent closure/demolition/temporary closure and reconstruction/modification/realignment of sections of the existing carriageways (including central reserves/refuge islands), footpaths and footbridges; and
(19) Ancillary works including site formation, geotechnical, slope, drainage, water supplies, utilities, landscaping, and electrical and mechanical works; construction of retaining walls, noise barriers, boundary security facilities, planting areas (including amenity areas), central reserves/refuge islands, maintenance accesses, and facilities for tunnel operation and the proposed Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point operation; as well as relocation of an existing police bay and the Wo Keng Shan Road Garden and Public Toilet.
Ends/Friday, April 27, 2012
Issued at HKT 14:45
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