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The Highways Department today (September 25) invited tenders for the Central – Wan Chai Bypass – North Point reclamation (Contract No. HY/2009/11).
The Central – Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link form part of an east-west strategic route along the north shore of Hong Kong Island. Upon the completion of the project, the traffic congestion along the existing Gloucester Road - Harcourt Road - Connaught Road Central corridor will be alleviated.
Under the invitation to tender gazetted today, the works mainly include:
(i) construction of a permanent seawall and reclamation between Power Street and the breakwater near Hing Fat Street at North Point (about 3.3 hectares);
(ii) construction of a temporary open channel connecting the outfalls along the existing seawall to new outfalls; and
(iii) modification of stormwater drainage system at Oil Street.
The works are expected to begin in January 2010 and will be completed in September 2011.
Tender submissions should be placed in the Government Secretariat Tender Box located at the lift lobby on the lower ground floor of the Central Government Offices (East Wing), 20 Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong. The deadline for submission of tenders is noon on November 6, 2009 (Friday).
The Major Works Project Management Office of the Highways Department has appointed AECOM Asia Company Limited to design and supervise the construction works. Interested contractors can obtain the forms for the tender and other particulars from AECOM Asia Company Limited at 12th floor, Grand Central Plaza, Tower 2, 138 Sha Tin Rural Committee Road, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Ends/Friday, September 25, 2009
Issued at HKT 11:16
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