Contract for Tai Po and North District CCTV System signed

Transport Department today (October 30) signed a $20.4 million contract with UniVision Engineering Limited for the provision of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) System for Tai Po and North District.

Under the Contract, the contractor shall be responsible for the supply, implementation and maintenance of the Tai Po and North District CCTV System. The Contract will commence tomorrow (October 31) for a construction period of 15 months followed by one-year warranty and five-year maintenance. The consultant for the design and works supervision of this Contract is Hyder Maunsell Joint Venture.

Upon completion of the Contract, 30 nos. CCTV camera will be installed and linked to the traffic control centre. The CCTV system will provide traffic operators with real time information allowing traffic incidents to be identified quickly and remedial actions to be taken to cope with abnormal traffic conditions. This CCTV system and the Area Traffic Control (ATC) system to be commissioned in 2004 will help to improve the efficiency of our road network in the Tai Po and North District.

End/Wednesday, October 30, 2002