SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1978
25 MILLION PROJECT TO BEAUTIFY SITE OF ADMIALTY STATION
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED A $25 MILLION PROJECT TO PROVIDE THE SITE OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY'S ADMIRALTY STATION WITH AN ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AND A GARDEN AREA WITH POOLS AND WATER WALLS,
THE COVERED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY WILL LINK THE FOUR MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ENTRANCES, VARIOUS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THE EASTERN BUS TERMINUS ON THE UNDERGROUND STATION'S SITE.
MR. GORDON RIPLEY, PROJECT ARCHITECT FROM P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE SAID THAT THE ELEVATED WALKWAY WOULD BE BUILT ON TWO LEVELS ABOVE THE VEHICULAR ACCESS.
+ THE FIRST LEVEL WILL HAVE SHOPS ALONG SIDE THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY WHILE THE TOP LEVEL WILL BE LANDSCAPED WITH TREES AND SHRUBS, SEATS AND PAGODAS.
+THE WALKWAY ON THE UPPER LEVEL WILL ALSO BE COVERED, HE SAID.
INCORPORATED IN THE SCHEME AT GROUND LEVEL WILL BE A GARDEN AREA WITH A POOL, WATER WALLS, TREES AND SHRUBS.
A RESTAURANT ON THE UPPER LEVEL WILL OVERLOOK THE GARDEN.
PROVISION HAS ALSO BEEN MADE FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE ELEVATED WALKWAY ACROSS QUEENSWAY TO VICTORIA BARRACKS AND ACROSS COTTON TREE DRIVE TO MURRAY ROAD CAR PARK.
IN FUTURE, IT MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED TO BOTH GAMMON HOUSE AND CHATER GARDEN.
MR. RIPLEY SAID EVENTUALLY PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK FROM THE NEW RODNEY BLOCK TO CHATER GARDEN ALONG THE COVERED WALKWAY.
HE SAID WORK WILL START ON THE SITE IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR AND PEDESTRIANS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE ROUTE BY MID-1980.
WORK ON THE SHOPS AND LANDSCAPING WILL TAKE SLIGHTLY LONGER TO COMPLETE.
THE CONSTRUCTION WORK WHICH WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY A MTRC CONTRACTOR FOR P.W.D. WILL BE SUPERVISED BY P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.
THE CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS FOR THE SCHEME ARE FREEMAN FOX AND PARTNERS (FAR EAST) AND THE ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANTS ARE ALAN FITCH AND W.L. CHUNG.
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