FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1991
COMPRISING WOULD
MR KWEI SAID CONSTRUCTION OF THE ESCALATOR LINK, COVERED FOOTBRIDGES AND 23 COVERED TRAVELATORS AND ESCALATORS, START SHORTLY AND TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
"IT WOULD PROVIDE A MORE ATTRACTIVE, CONVENIENT AND PHYSICALLY CONDUIT LESS DEMANDING PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THE CENTRAL DISTRICT TO ROAD, HE SAID.
THE ESCALATOR
LINK WILL START FROM THE EXISTING ELEVATED ROAD CENTRAL. FROM THE WALKWAY IN CONNAUGHT
NEW HANG SENG BANK HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, THE LINK WILL CROSS DES VOEUX ROAD TWO FOOTBRIDGES LEADING TO AN ENCLOSED WALKWAY IN CENTRAL MARKET.
ROAD
IT THEN CROSSES QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL BY
AND HOLLYWOOD PROCEEDS UP COCHRANE STREET TRAVELATORS ON AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE..
CENTRAL BY
A FOOTBRIDGE, BY ESCALATORS
AND
AND
THE LINK CONTINUES AT GROUND LEVEL ALONG SHELLEY STREET AND THEN CROSSES THE JUNCTION AT CAINE ROAD
IT BY A FOOTBRIDGE. CONTINUES ON AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE UP MOSQUE JUNCTION, PEEL STREET, ACROSS ROBINSON ROAD, AND THEN AT GROUND LEVEL UP TO CONDUIT ROAD.
MR KWEI ADDED THAT THE ESCALATORS AND STAIRWAYS CONNECTING THE ELEVATED SECTION OF THE SYSTEM AND THE ADJACENT GROUND LEVEL ROADS WOULD BE PROVIDED AT INTERMEDIATE LOCATIONS, SO THAT PEDESTRIANS COULD JOIN OR LEAVE THE ESCALATOR LINK AT CONVENIENT POINTS ALONG ROUTE.
THE WORKS OF THE ESCALATOR LINK HAVE BEEN DESIGNED CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.
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IMPROVEMENTS TO ROAD JUNCTION IN YURN LONG
THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PROPOSES ΤΟ CARRY OUT ROAD WORKS TO IMPROVE THE JUNCTION BETWEEN HUNG TIN ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN YUEN LONG.
THE PROPOSED WORKS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SECTION OF A TWO-WAY CARRIAGEWAY IN THE EAST OF HUNG TIN ROAD AND WIDENING OF A SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
ASSOCIATED FOOTPATHS, CYCLE TRACKS, A VILLAGE ACCESS ROAD, A VEHICULAR ACCESS TRACK, AND AMENITY PLANTING AREAS WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED.
A NOTICE ON THE PROPOSED WORKS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE TODAY (FRIDAY).
GAZETTE
THE PLAN AND SCHEME OF THESE WORKS MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT OFFICES:
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