Roads
The government is accelerating the launch of infrastructure projects in various districts, hoping to give the moribund economy a boost and stimulate the grim employment market.
Gammon Construction has made a head start with a HK$2.82 billion project, recently awarded by the Highways Department, to upgrade the eastern section of Tuen Mun Road until 2013.
According to Kong Shui-sun, the company's contracts manager, the project involves reconstruction and re-alignment of the eastern section of Tuen Mun Road between Tsuen Wan and Tsing Lung Tau to meet expressway standards, and improvement work will include the widening of the traffic lanes to ease traffic flow during peak hours.
The company expects some challenges during the construction process. One of them is to maintain normal traffic flow and ensure the operation of the busy Tuen Mun highway will not get bogged down at each phase of the construction.
The project will be carried out in three stages, including the widening of the seaside section of the west bound highway, work related to the hillside section of the east bound highway and final alignment.
Mr Kong said: 'Inevitably there will be foreseeable hindrances when we conduct geotechnical work in the area, such as widening the viaduct to maintain good traffic flow, which has to be done at the steep hill terrain between Tuen Mun Road and Castle Peak Road.