SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1979
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+RECLAMATION HAS ALREADY STARTED AND ANCILLARY WORKS, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEAWALLS, JETTIES, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS AND INTERNAL ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT YEAR, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID.
+THE CONDITIONS OF GRANT ALSO REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER
TO PROVIDE POLLUTION EFFLUENT FACILITIES TO CLEAN UP THE DISCHARGE FROM NEARBY STREAM COURSE BY BUILDING AN UNDERWATER NULLAH LEADING OUT TO SEA, HE ADDED.
$14.4M FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM FOR CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL
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WORK ON THE COVERED FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM FOR CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL IS MORE THAN ONE THIRD COMPLETE.
THE $14.4 MILLION PROJECT CONSISTS OF A 480-METRE-LONG ELEVATED WALKWAY RUNNING FROM PEDDER STREET TO GILMAN STREET AND TWO FOOTBRIDGES ACROSS CONNUAGHT ROAD CENTRAL.
TO FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT 12 COVERED ESCALATORS AND COVERED STAIRWAYS WILL BE PROVIDED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE SECTION BETWEEN THE EXISTING PROMENADE AT THE CENTRAL BUS TERMINUS AND GILMAN STREET, WITH CROSSINGS LEADING TO THE PAVEMENT IN FRONT OF THE FIRE BRIGADE BUILDING AND INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, WOULD BE COMPLETED IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.
+MOST OF THE SUPPORTING COLUMNS FOR THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND SOME OF THE PRECAST BEAMS HAVE BEEN ERECTED,+ HE SAID.
+PRECAST SLABS WILL BE PUT INTO POSITION TO PROVIDE A SEVEN-METRE-WIDE FOOTPATH. ACCESS TO THE FOOTBRIDGE WILL BE BY MEANS OF COVERED ESCALATORS AND STAIRCASES.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ANOTHER SECTION OF THE FOOTBRIDGE FROM THE CENTRAL BUS TERMINUS TO THE EXISTING FOOTBRIDGE LINK ING CONNAUGHT CENTRE WITH SWIRE HOUSE WOULD BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST NEXT YEAR.
THE COVERED FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM, THE BIGGEST PROJECT OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, WOULD PROVIDE A SAFE AND DIRECT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS BETWEEN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS AREA AND THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TERMINALS, HE ADDED.
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