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The Western Harbour Crossing in Hong Kong was built to satisfy the need for a third cross-harbour road tunnel as well as to provide a key link in the 34 km highway corridor between Hong Kong Island and the new international airport at Chek Lap Kok. The marine section of the 2 km, six-lane crossing was built from 12 immersed tube units weighing 35 000 t each. Though it was the only one of the ten Airport Core Programme projects to be procured on a build–operate–transfer (BOT) basis with private finance, it is the fourth such scheme to be undertaken in Hong Kong. All were completed ahead of schedule, demonstrating that the government's project agreement approach is a valid model for future BOT transport infrastructure projects.
Keywords:
TUNNELS,
ROADS,
HARBOURS,
CROSSINGS,
BOT,
BUILD,
OPERATE,
TRANSFER,
MODELS,
HIGHWAYS,
AIRPORTS,
IMMERSED,
TUBES,
PRIVATE,
PRIVATE SECTOR,
PROJECTS,
CONTRACTS,
MANAGEMENT,
ORGANISATION,
CUT AND COVER,
TOP DOWN,
CONSTRUCTION,
WALLS,
DIAPHRAGM,
TRANSPORT,
INFRASTRUCTURE,
OVE ARUP,
WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING,
HONG KONG,
CHEK LAP KOK,
SAI YING PUN,
WEST KOWLOON,
HONG KONG,
CHINA,
ASIA
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© 1998 Thomas Telford Ltd
1998
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