FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1978
MORE RECLAIMED LAND FOR WESTERN DISTRICT
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ANOTHER 18 HECTARES OF RECLAIMED LAND WILL BE ADDED TO THE WESTERN WATERFRONT UNDER THE SECOND STAGE OF THE WESTERN RECLAMATION.
THIS WILL BRING TO 28 HECTARES THE TOTAL AREA TO BE RECLAIMED IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT.
MR. HOWARD CHAMBERLAIN, P.W.D.'S CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PORT WORKS DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, SAID TODAY THAT PRIOR TO THE SECOND STAGE RECLAMATION, A SEAWALL WOULD HAVE FIRST TO BE BUILT.
WORK ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE SEAWALL WILL BEGIN IN MAY AND TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEAWALL ITSELF.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN EMPHASISED THAT THE FOUNDATION WORK COULD BE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT BLOCKING MARINE ACCESS TO THE EXISTING SEA FRONTAGE AS THERE WOULD BE AN ADEQUATE DEPTH OF WATER OVER THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE TYPE OF VESSEL AT PRESENT USING THE PIERS IN THE AREA.
+WHEN THE SEAWALL IS COMPLETED, IT WILL PROVIDE FOR THE RECLAMATION OF ABOUT 18 HECTARES OF LAND OFF CONNAUGHT
ROAD WEST BETWEEN SUTHERLAND STREET AND WATER STREET WITH A SEA FRONTAGE OF ABOUT 900 METRES,+ HE SAID.
+THE USE OF THE LAND TO BE FORMED HAS NOT YET BEEN PLANNED BUT A SECTION OF IT IS URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR THE WIDENING OF CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST.+
MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF WESTERN RECLAMATION WHICH CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEAWALL AND RECLAMATION WORK AND ASSOCIATE DRAINAGE WORK, IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.
THE WORK ON THE SEAWALL IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN SAID THAT WESTERN RECLAMATION STAGE ONE WOULD, ON COMPLETION, PROVIDE 10 HECTARES OF LAND FOR A CARGO-HANDLING AREA, THE WIDENING OF CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PART OF THE POK FU LAM/CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST LINK ROAD AND THE REPROVISIONING OF THE KENNEDY TOWN WHOLESALE MARKET.
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