The Highways Department (HyD) today (February 22) invited tenders for the Elevated Pedestrian Corridor in Yuen Long Town connecting with Long Ping Station (Contract No. HY/2018/03).

     The works are scheduled to commence in July 2019 and will take about 50 months to complete. The works mainly include:

* construction of a covered elevated pedestrian corridor of about 540 metres long and 6m clear width along the Yuen Long Town Nullah from Long Ping Station to the south of Kau Yuk Road;
* construction of six pedestrian connectivity platforms adjacent to Yuen Long On Ning Road, Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long and Kau Yuk Road with staircases, lifts and escalators to connect the covered elevated pedestrian corridor with the existing at-grade footpaths; and
* associated road, drainage, utilities, public lighting, landscaping, and electrical and mechanical works.

     The HyD has appointed Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Limited as the consultant to design and supervise the construction works. Interested contractors can obtain the tender forms and other particulars from Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Limited at Level 5, Festival Walk, 80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.

     The invitation to tender was gazetted today. Submission of tenders will close at noon on April 26, 2019 (Friday). Tender submissions should be placed in the Government Secretariat Tender Box located at the lobby of the Public Entrance on G/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar.

     For enquiries, please call the consultant at 2268 3595.

Ends/Friday, February 22, 2019
Issued at HKT 11:30

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