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HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE NO MORE EASY ROADS AND MAJOR NEW PROJECTS WERE BECOMING INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE AS THE ENGINEERING BECAME MORE DIFFICULT.
MR MACPHERSON SAID THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE HE AGREED WITH THE VIEW THAT IN DEVELOPING THE PROGRAMME THERE SHOULD BE A PROPER REGARD FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, IN PARTICULAR NOISE POLLUTION.
HE ADDED THAT HE COULD ASSURE THAT NOT ONLY IN THE DESIGN OF ROADS BUT IN ALL ASPECTS OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, WE ARE NOW VERY SENSITIVE TO THE NEED TO LIMIT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE THE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS+.
ON THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT. HE SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD DRAWN ATTENTION TO THE OPENING OF THE ISLAND LINE OF THE MASS TRANS IT RAILWAY AND TO ITS EXTENSION TO SHEUNG WAN IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
+TO THIS CAN NOW BE ADDED THE MTR LINK FROM QUARRY BAY TO KOWLOON TONG THROUGH LAM TIN, WHICH WILL BE BUILT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING ROAD TUNNEL, AND THE LIGHT RAIL TRANS IT SYSTEM IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG, WHICH IS BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE KCRC, HE SAID.
IN THE OVERALL PLANNING OF THE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE,
MR MACPHERSON SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE PROPERLY REFLECT STRATEGIC LAND-USE AND DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS.
+ IN THIS CONTEXT I AM SEEKING THE APPROVAL OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THIS COUNCIL FOR FUNDS TO CONDUCT A MAJOR REVIEW, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CONSULTANTS, OF THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY FIRST PRODUCED IN 1976 MAKING ́USE OF RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN SOPHISTICATED COMPUTER MODELLING TECHNIQUES.+
ON THE MORE ECONOMIC USE OF THE ROAD SYSTEM, MR MACPHERSON SAID THE RECENT PUBLIC ATTENTION ON ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING HAD TENDED TO OBSCURE THE EXCELLENT AND PERHAPS MORE ORTHODOX WORK BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE FIELD OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. SUCH AS CLEARWAYS, BUS-ONLY LANES, ONE-WAY SYSTEM AND IN SUCH AREAS AS COMPUTERISED TRAFFIC CONTROLS.
+1 MYSELF SET GREAT STORE BY THESE ENDEAVOURS AND THEY MUST CONTINUE, HE SAID.
ON THE CONGESTION RESULTING FROM VEHICLES CIRCULATING IN BUSY AREAS BECAUSE OF A LACK OF OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES. MR MACPHERSON SAID IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF OFF-STREET PUBLIC CAR PARKS THROUGH PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION.
NOTING THAT 24 SITES HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AND SOME WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DEVELOPED, HE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO DO ALL IT COULD TO EXPEDITE THE PROGRAMME.
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