SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1976
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STREET CHANGES UNDER URBAN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO CARRY OUT A NUMBER OF STREET CHANGES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT AS PART OF THE URBAN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME FOR THE DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED CHANGES REPRESENT THE THIRD AND LAST PHASE OF THE STREETS ALTERATION UNDERTAKING TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT PILOT SCHEME AREA.
THE AREA INVOLVED LIES WITHIN THE APPROVED URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN AND IS BOUNDED BY SHING WONG STREET ON THE EAST, PART OF HOLLYWOOD ROAD ON THE SOUTH, LADDER STREET ON THE WEST AND QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND PARTS OF GOUGH STREET ON THE NORTH.
THE LAYOUT PLAN FOR THIS PORTION OF THE PILOT SCHEME AREA HAS NOW BEEN ADOPTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
MR. T.J. MILLS, CHIEF ESTATE SURVEYOR OF THE P.W.D.'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT DIVISION, SAID TODAY IT WAS PROPOSED THAT PART OF HOLLYWOOD ROAD BETWEEN ITS JUNCTION WITH LADDER STREET AND NO. 82 HOLLYWOOD ROAD BE WIDENED AND RE-ALIGNED TO EASE FUTURE ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC FLOW.
THE PLAN ALSO MADE PROVISION FOR A BUS BAY AT QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL BETWEEN NOS. 244A TO 272 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
+ IN ADDITION THE PLAN ENVISAGES THE CLOSURE OF PARTS OF A NUMBER OF EXISTING STREETS WITHIN THIS AREA TO MAKE AVAILABLE SITES FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND OPEN PLAYGROUNDS, HE SAID.
+ IT IS INTENDED THAT CERTAIN PARTS OF EXISTING STREETS WILL BE DESIGNATED AS PEDESTRIAN PRECINCTS AND NO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THEM,+ HE ADDED.
ANY PERSON OBJECTING TO THE PROPOSALS MAY SUBMIT OBJECTIONS TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS NO LATER THAN JANUARY 24, 1977.
COPIES OF THE LAYOUT PLAN CAN BE SEEN IN THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) OR AT THE P.W.D.'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 19TH FLOOR, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG.