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Saturday, June 23, 1973
MORE PARKING SPACES TO BE PROVIDED
Another 900 parking spaces will come into operation in Central
District within the next few weeks, to relieve the present parking congestion
in the area.
The 12-storey Murray Road car park which cost about $10 million,
will be handed over to the Urban Council before the end of this month.
A spokesman for the Public Works Department said today that the
lower eight floors will be used for parking. Part of the ground floor,
the mezzanine and the two uppermost floors covering a total area of about
90,000 square feet, will be used as government offices.
The building will have four passenger lifts, one goods lift and four
stairways to serve motorists and the public.
The parking system will be similar to all other modern multi-storey
car parks in Hong Kong with sloping floors and separate up and down traffic
ramps.
The pay office, public lavatories and other ancillary facilities
will be located on the ground floor.
On completion, it will be the fifth multi-storey car park in
Central. The other four are situated at Rumsey Street, Star Ferry, City
Hall and Garden Road which provide a total of 2,273 parking spaces.
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