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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1992
MEASURES TO MEET TRANSPORT NEEDS IN MID-LEVELS
THE
MID-LEVELS AND HILLSIDE ESCALATOR PROJECT CONNECTING THE THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WILL HELP RELIEVE PRESSURE ON THE ROAD SYSTEM IN THE MID-LEVELS, ON COMPLETION IN MID-1993.
THIS
DR
WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON YEUNG SUM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MR LEUNG SAID IT WAS FORECAST THAT THE ESCALATOR SYSTEM CARRY 26,000 PERSONS EACH WORKING DAY WHEN IT OPENED.
WOULD
MR
ΤΟ COPE WITH THE GROWTH IN TRAFFIC IN THE MID-LEVELS AREA,
HAD RECOMMENDED THE SAID A TRANSPORT STUDY COMPLETED IN 1989 INTRODUCTION OF 27 ROAD IMPROVEMENT AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES.
LEUNG
AT
WORKS UNDERTAKEN
"FOUR OF THESE SCHEMES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, ANOTHER 17 ARE
PUBLIC THE VARIOUS STAGES OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION IN PROGRAMME, AND SIX, MAINLY ROAD WIDENING SCHEMES, WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ADJACENT LOTS," HE SAID.
THESE "NOTWITHSTANDING
IMPROVEMENTS, IT REMAINS CLEAR THAT
··NRESTRICTED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MID-LEVELS WILL OVERBURDEN THE LOCAL ROAD NETWORK AND CANNOT BE TOLERATED," MR LEUNG SAID.
B.
IN VIEW OF THIS, A PLOT RATIO RESTRICTION ON RESIDENTIAL (GROUP
THE DRAFT
WEST MID-LEVELS AREAS WAS INTRODUCED IN 1990 UNDER VATLINE ZONING PLAN TO REDUCE BY ABOUT 15 PER CENT THE MAXIMUM OF REDEVELOPMENT PERMITTED IN THE AREA.
"THE LONGER TERM
STRATEGY OF IMPOSING RESTRAINT REDEVELOPMENT COMBINED WITH SHORT-AND MEDIUM-TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO
SHOULD FORM AN EFFECTIVE PACKAGE NETWORK CONGESTION IN THE MID-LEVEL AREA," MR LEUNG ADDED.
ROAD
то
RELIEVE
LEVEL
ON
THE
TRAFFIC
ELIGIBILITY FOR SMALL HOUSES TO FEMALE VILLAGERS BEING CONSIDERED
ANY PROPOSAL TO EXTEND THE
WOULD NEED BE FEMALE VILLAGERS TERRITORIES CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS.
FOR ELIGIBILITY
IN EXAMINED
THE
SMALL
CONTEXT
HOUSES
OF
ΤΟ
NEW
AND
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT
A QUESTION BY THE HON LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO GILBERT LEUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS WOULD HAVE то BE
HE SAID IT WOULD ALSO HAVE IN TERMS OF BOTH LAND AND GOVERNMENT STAFF CAREFULLY EXAMINED.
WHICH
/THE SECRETARY