Inconvenience reduced
Speaking after the signing ceremony, Assistant Director of Water Supplies Ng Chi-ho said with the scheme's implementation, incidents of mains burst and leakage will be cut.
The scheme will replace and fix 3,000 kilometres of aged fresh and salt water mains throughout the city in four stages, costing about $11 billion.
Stage 1 Phase 1 works started in December 2000 and are expected to be completed in December 2008. Works of Stage 1 Phase 2 will be completed in March 2010.
The Stage 2 project is under study and detailed design. Works will start in January for completion in 2011.
Stage 3
Advance works on Stage 3 are under study and detailed design. Works will start in 2008 for completion in 2013.
Stage 4 is also under study. The investigation and detailed design of the works will start next year for completion in 2010. Construction will start in 2011 for completion in 2015.
The department will continue reviewing the programme, taking into account prevailing constraints and the residual life of the water mains to be replaced, with a view to completing the works within a shorter timeframe.
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