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He said: Such road improvements as are possible in the congested
area of the Mid-levels will be more than offset by the increase in
traffic caused by new development under construction or for which plans
have been approved.
The only possibility of even keeping traffic moving as it
does at present is to institute traffic management schemes," Mr. Robertson
said.
The Public Works Department, he added, was already discussing
a number of these schemes with other interested departments, but it would
inevitably be some time before such schemes could be implemented, and
still longer before their effect could be assessed.
Therefore, it is clear that it is not yet possible to remove
the restrictions on development in the Mid-levels and Pok Fu Lam areas,
Mr. Robertson reiterated that in view of the size of the problem
and the limitations of any feasible road system, we should not be too
sanguine that a solution will be easy to find or quickly achieved."
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