FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1984
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PRIVATE STREET TO BE RESUMED AND REPAIRED
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LOVERNMENT PLANS TO RESUME AND RECONSTRUCT PART OF A PRIVTE STREET IN NORTH POINT WHICH IS IN A DILAPIDATED STATE.
THE STREET, COMFORT TERRACE, LINKS KING'S ROAD WITH TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD,
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE STREET WAS UNDER MULTIPLE SUB-DIVIDED OWNERSHIP AND WAS NOT BEING PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
AFTER RESUMING A 90-METRE-LONG SECTION, GOVERNMENT WILL REPAIR IT AND AFTERWARDS ENSURE THAT IT IS MAINTAINED TO A PROPER STANDARD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE DRAINS.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL COST $170 000 AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE STATE OF THE STREET HAD GIVEN RISE TO SERIOUS ENVIORNMENTAL AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SITUATION,
HE SAID OBSTRUCTIONS HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE STREET AND AS A RESULT EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAD FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO GAIN ACCESS. THIS HAD POSED SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS.
+EFFECTIVE STREET MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS TO ALLEVIATE THESE PROBLEMS COULD NOT BE UNDERTAKEN BECAUSE OF THE STATUS OF THE STREET AS PRIVATE LAND, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE RESUMPTION IS PART OF A PILOT SCHEME TO SOLVE PROBELEMS ARISING IN STREETS WHICH ARE ON PRIVATE LAND AND WHICH ARE UNDER MULTIPLE SUB-DIVIDED OWNERSHIP. JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD BE RESUMING PART OF SAM PAN STREET IN WAN CHAI FOR THE SAME REASONS.
IT IS PLANNING TO RESUME OTHER PRIVATE STREETS AS PART OF THE SCHEME UNDER THE ROADS (WORKS, USE AND COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE.
A PLAN SHOWING THE PROPOSED WORKS AND LAND RESUMPTION CAN BE SEEN AT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, CENTRAL ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING MAIN ENTRANCE, HONG KONG, THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, HONG KONG NORTH, 12TH FLOOR, HARBOUR CENTRE, HARBOUR ROAD, HONG KONG AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, 884-886 KING'S ROAD, GROUND FLOOR, HONG KONG. A NOTICE APPEARED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
ANY PERSON OBJECTING TO THE PROPOSAL SHOULD WRITE TO THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS BY NOT LATER THAN MARCH 6.
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