FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1994
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ESCALATOR SYSTEM ADDS NEW DIMENSION TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES
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THE CENTRAL-MID-LEVELS
PUBLIC
HAS ADDED A NEW HONG KONG, THE
ESCALATORS SYSTEM TRANSPORT SERVICES IN DIMENSION TO THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR HAIDER BARMA, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE PROJECT, SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF
ESCALATOR SYSTEM PROVIDED THE MR BARMA SAID THE COMPLETION OF THIS
LINK BETWEEN THE DIRECT AND ATTRACTIVE
CENTRAL COMMUNITY WITH A BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN MID-LEVELS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMMUTERS
EACH
" HE SAID.
"THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT NEW, BUT EMPLOYING AN ESCALATOR SYSTEM TO CARRY DAY BETWEEN THEIR HOMES AND THEIR PLACES OF WORK,
20,000 PEOPLE "ALREADY THE SYSTEM IS BEING USED BY SOME
EACH
OF
RELIABLE
AS AN SERVICE A FREE AND WEEKDAY, TAKING ADVANTAGE
HEAVILY USED AND CIRCUITOUS ROAD ALTERNATIVE TO TRAVELLING ON THE NETWORK, HE ADDED.
H
OF
DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR
AND DIRECT
ATTRACTIVE THE CENTRAL WAS MID-LEVELS
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE
THE SAID KWONG
PROVISION HON-SANG, PEDESTRIAN LINKS WITH ESCALATORS AND TRAVELATORS BETWEEN
AND BUSINESS DISTRICT
THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN RECOMMENDED IN A TRANSPORT STUDY IN 1984.
CONSULTANT WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1987 TO DEVELOP DESIGN
FOR THE ESCALATORS. CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN OCTOBER
SYSTEM NOW KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL-MID-LEVELS STARTED IN FEBRUARY 1991 AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY 1993 AT A COST OF ABOUT $230 MILLION.
GUESTS AT
THE CEREMONY WERE LEGISLATIVE CENTRAL AND WESTERN
OTHER OFFICIATING COUNCILLOR, MRS MIRIAM LAU; AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR AMBROSE LAU.
EXTENDS FROM THE NEW HANG SENG BANK THE ESCALATOR SYSTEM
TO CONDUIT ROAD. HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AT DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL UP IT IS ABOUT 800 METRES LONG AND CLIMBS THROUGH A HEIGHT OF ABOUT METRES. IN TOTAL, THERE ARE 20 ESCALATORS AND THREE TRAVELATORS.
135
THE PART OF THE
FROM SYSTEM
DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL
HOLLYWOOD ROAD IS ON
STRUCTURES. FOOTBRIDGES ELEVATED PROVIDED AT THE CROSSINGS AT CAINE ROAD AND ROBINSON ROAD.
ARE
TO ALSO
GROUND LEVEL. CONSTRUCTED ΤΟ HOUSE
STREET IS MAINLY AT THE PART ALONG SHELLEY U-SHAPED REINFORCED CONCRETE TROUGHS HAVE BEEN THE MACHINERY AND MOTORS OF THE ESCALATORS.
THREE THE APART FROM
AT-GRADE ROAD CROSSINGS AT STAUNTON THE ROUTE IS COVERED WITH STREET, ELGIN STREET AND MOSQUE STREET,
THAT 50
ADEQUATE
IS DAYLIGHTING TRANSPARENT POLYCARBONATE ROOFING MAINTAINED ALONG THE SYSTEM AND THE NARROW STREETS IT TRAVERSES.
QUALITY FINISHES MATCHING THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT ARE
ALSO
PROVIDED.
/THE SYSTEM