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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1993
"ANOTHER 180 OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE KENNEDY TOWN VEGETABLE WHOLESALE MARKET AND THE SITE NEXT TO THE CHINA MOTOR BUS DEPOT AFTER RELOCATION OF THE WHOLESALE MARKET ΤΟ THE WESTERN WATERFRONT IN MAY 1994,
"
HE ADDED.
THE SITE AT TELEGRAPH BAY RECLAMATION IS NOW VACANT BUT WITHOUT
AN ACCESS ROAD.
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CONCERNED PARTIES, IS NOW EXAMINING THE PROVISION OF A TEMPORARY ACCESS TO THE SITE FOR GOODS VEHICLE PARKING.
AVAILABILITY OF FURTHER SITES ARE BEING ACTIVELY PURSUED.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE OTHER SITES WHICH BEEN INVESTIGATED BUT WERE FOUND NOT FEASIBLE FOR GOODS VEHICLE
HAD PARKING.
то OPEN UP THE PIER AREA INSIDE THE WESTERN WHOLESALE FOOD MARKET FOR OVERNIGHT GOODS VEHICLE PARKING WILL BE RESTRICTED BY THE LOADING LIMITATION IN THE PIER AREA, SHORTAGE OF CAR PARKING PROVISION INSIDE THE MARKET, POSSIBLE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, SECURITY AND SAFETY PROBLEMS WHICH WILL AFFECT THE EFFICIENT FUNCTIONING OF THE WHOLESALE MARKET.
THE WHOLESALE FISH MARKET AT CADOGAN STREET HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN UP BY THE VEGETABLE TRADE CONTAINERS.
THE PLANT DEMOLITION CONTRACT AT THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR SITE WILL START SOON, TO BE FOLLOWED BY STRUCTURES DEMOLITION IN JULY 1994.
CONSTRUCTION WORKS WILL START ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S SITES AT WING LOK STREET AND JUBILEE STREET AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. AT PRESENT, SITE CLEARANCE IS IN PROGRESS.
THROUGH THIS JOINT EFFORT OF THE GOVERNMENT, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND GOODS VEHICLE DRIVERS, IT HAS NOW BEEN POSSIBLE ΤΟ PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 420 PARKING SPACES WHEN THE SECOND VEHICLE PARK IS DUE TO BE CLOSED.
AN ADDITIONAL 380 OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES ARE EXPECTED TO BR AVAILABLE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
EVEN SO, THE GOVERNMENT IS STILL DISCUSSING WITH THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING CONTRACTOR THE FEASIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE SECOND VEHICLE PARK AS FAR BEYOND MID-SEPTEMBER AS POSSIBLE WHILE RECOGNISING THE NEED FOR THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING PROJECT TO PROCEED WITHOUT DELAY.
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