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New footbridge in Tuen Mun
The Highways Department proposes to construct a covered footbridge alongside the existing Choy Yee Bridge in Tuen Mun.
Aimed to provide additional pedestrian path and to improve capacity, the project will include:
construction of a covered footbridge across the nullah;
construction of a footpath at each end of the covered footbridge;
widening and reconstruction of a portion of an existing footbridge to link the proposed
footpath and covered footbridge, and
construction of the associated drainage and landscaping works.
Details of the proposed works were published in the Government Gazette today (Friday).
The plan and scheme of the proposed works can be seen during office hours at :
(a)
Public Enquiry Services Centre, Central and Western District, ground floor, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central;
(b)
Tuen Mun District Lands Office,, sixth & seventh floor, Tuen Mun Government Offices, 1 Tuen Hi Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories; or
(c)
Tuen Mun District Office, second floor, Tuen Mun Government Offices, 1 Tuen Hi Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories.
Any person who wishes to object to the works or the use, or both, is required to address his objection in writing to the Secretary for Transport, second floor, East Wing, Central Government Offices, Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong on or before February 18, 1997.
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