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Western Corridor project
Following is a question by the Hon Ho Chun-yan and a reply by the Secretary for Transport, Mr Haider Barma, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
It is reported that the proposed Western Corridor project is scheduled for completion in 2001, and that the whole railway project will involve taking up 1.3 million square metres of private land. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
Reply:
(a)
(b)
(c)
Mr President,
of the proposed timing for the commencement of this large-scale land resumption programme as well as the estimated time required to complete the entire land resumption process;
whether the Government has assessed the difficulties which may arise in the land resumption process; if so, what are the details and what measures will be adopted by the relevant departments to ensure that the land resumption programme can be completed on schedule; and
what is the timetable for the construction of the entire Western Corridor, and what measures will be taken by the Government to ensure that the railway project can be completed in 2001 as scheduled?
In response to the Government's invitation, the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) submitted its formal proposal to build the Western Corridor Railway (WCR) in November 1995. This submission serves as the basis for in-depth discussions between Government and the Corporation and on which the Corporation intends to carry out further in-depth planning and design work. The main features of the Corporation's proposal were presented to the LegCo Transport Panel a fortnight
ago,
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