Question No.5
Pedestrian iscalator link between Central and mid-levels
Reply by the Hon. Michael Leung, J.P., Secretary for Transport,
to a question by the Hon. Maria Tam, in the Legislative Council on 6 July 1988
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MISS TAM asked:
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Will Government inform this Council whether it will proceed with the Hillside Escalator Link between Central and Mid-levels so as to relieve d traffic in the area which has been and will be increasing as a result of the development of residential property in the Mid-levels?
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SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT:
Sir,
The
The project is in Category AB of the Public
Works Programme.
Consultants were appointed in November feast year
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to undertake its planning, design and construction. A draft
preliminary design report is now being considered within
Government, and it is hoped to finalise it shortly, after
which detailed design and gazetting under the Roads (Works,
Use and Compensation) Ordinance will follow.
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the
However, in view of escalating capital costs,
now estimated at $105 million (excluding land resumption
cost), plus annually recurrent costs of $1 million, a review
of the cost effectiveness of the project will need to be
made. An environmental impact study will also be undertaken.
Once these studies have been completed, Government will be in
a better position to decide on the timing for the construction
of the project.