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FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1986
THE PROJECT INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF 1.8 KILOMETRES OF DUAL-CARRIAGEWAY DISTRIBUTOR ROADS AND FORMATION OF 13.5 HECTARES OF LAND FOR DISTRICT OPEN SPACE AND FOR A FUTURE WATERFRONT PARK.
ALSO INCLUDED ARE ROAD AND PEDESTRIAN-CYCLIST BRIDGES OVER LAM TSUEN RIVER, A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER TAI PO ROAD AND A FOOTPATH-CYCLE TRACK NETWORK WITH FOUR PEDESTRIAN-CYCLIST SUBWAYS.
THE CONTRACTORS WILL ALSO BUILD A KILOMETRE-LONG SEAWALL WITH A PROMENADE AND HALF A KILOMETRE OF RIVER WALL.
THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS, ALTHOUGH THE ROADS SHOULD BE READY IN TWO YEARS' TIME.
THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE WORK TO THE CHINA CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION.
TUEN MUN PLAN TO INCLUDE LRT DEPOT DEVELOPMENT
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A COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ABOVE THE LIGHT RAIL TRANS IT (LRT) DEPOT IN TUEN MUN IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE 3 500 FLATS FOR 12 200 PEOPLE.
THE DEPOT, TO BE LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF SIU SHAN COURT, IS AMONG DEVELOPMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN AMENDMENTS TO THE TUEN MUN OUTLINE ZONING PLAN ANNOUNCED BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD TODAY (FRIDAY).
OTHER AMENDMENTS INCLUDE THE RESERVATION OF A SITE SOUTH OF YAU OF ESTATE FOR 2 500 PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME FLATS TO HOUSE ABOUT 8 700 PEOPLE. THE SAME SITE WILL ALSO INCLUDE A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR 3 500 PEOPLE.
TO THE SOUTH OF THESE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SEVEN HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY USES, INCLUDING A VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE, A PRIMARY SCHOOL AND AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD SAID THE AMENDMENTS WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE NEW
HE TOWN WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL HAVE A POPULATION OF 570 000, SAID THEY WERE NECESSARY TO MEET CHANGES OF LAND USE NEEDED FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMING DECADE.
/THEY ALSO
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