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Friday, September 15, 1972
PART CLOSURE OF CENTRAL CAR PARK
A section of the Murray Road temporary open-air car park in
Central District is to be closed with effect from midnight on September 28.
The Transport Department announced today that the closure
involves 168 parking spaces in the north-west corner of the car park which is bounded by Harcourt Road, Murray Road, Queensway and Cotton
Tree Drive.
The land was bought at auction late last year by Hutchison
International Limited and it is now required for the development of
a 24-storey office block. The project, costing about $60 million, will
incorporate shopping arcades and display centres.
The loss of 168 parking spaces is more than compensated for by the provision of 500 spaces in the new ex-Naval Dockyard car park just
across the road.
Another 900 spaces will be available when the Murray Road multi-
storey car park is opened next year.
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