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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1987
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID THE FOOTBRIDGE WAS ESSENTIAL TO COPE WITH GROWING PEDESTRIAN FLOW GENERATED BY THE OPENING OF THE ISLAND LINE IN 1985 AND RAPID DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE ON THE RECLAMATION.
THE FOOTBRIDGE IS THE FIRST OF SIX THAT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO WAN CHAI RECLAMATION. THE OTHERS ARE BEING BUILT AT FENWICK PIER STREET, STEWART ROAD, WAN SHING STREET, TONNOCHY ROAD AND WAN CHAI FERRY PIER.
THE FOOTBRIDGE, COMPLETED IN 15 MONTHS, WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH REINFORCED AND PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE.
FOUR ESCALATORS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF GLOUCESTER ROAD AND AT THE MTR STATION ENTRANCES IN O'BRIEN ROAD.
IN ADDITION, PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE FOOTBRIDGE FOR A DIRECT LINK TO A GOVERNMENT OFFICE BLOCK NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION OF GLOUCESTER ROAD.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SECTION OF O'BRIEN ROAD BETWEEN HENNESSY AND LOCKHART ROADS, WHERE THE STATION'S ENTRANCES WERE LOCATED, WOULD BE PEDESTRIANISED, WHILE THE SECTION BETWEEN GLOUCESTER AND LOCKHART ROADS WOULD BE REDUCED TO TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC.
SURVEY LOCATES DRAINAGE BLACKSPOTS IN MONG KOK
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A SURVEY IN MONG KOK HAS IDENTIFIED ABOUT 100 BLACKSPOTS IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE SUFFERED FROM POOR DRAINAGE.
THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED BY A WORKING GROUP UNDER THE MONG KOK DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN, CONCLUDED THAT DRAINAGE BLOCKAGE WAS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A SERIOUS PROBLEM BY MONG KOK RESIDENTS.
THE WORKING GROUP HAD EARLIER DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 600 QUESTIONNAIRES TO AREA COMMITTEE, OWNERS' CORPORATION AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS WELL AS LOCAL FACTORIES, SCHOOLS AND SHOPS TO SEEK INFORMATION AND 366 OF THEM WERE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, WORKING GROUP CHAIRMAN, MR LAU TAK-KI, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE ADDED THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE SIX AREAS IN THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A FAIR OVERALL PICTURE.
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