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Wednesday, July 18, 1973

NO EGY SOLUTION TO TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN POK FU LAM AND MID-LEVELS

Traffic problems in the Pokfulam and Mid-Levels areas are not

likely to improve in the near future as a result of large-scale development

in the two districts, the acting Director of Public Works, the Hon. A.S.

Robertson, indicated today.

Speaking in the Legislative Council during the second reading

of the Temporary Restriction of Buildings Development (Pokfulam and

Mid-Levels) Bill 1973, Mr. Robertson said some 3,000 flats were at present

under construction in the two areas.

Another 2,000 would be built, he said, from plans submitted to

the Buildings Ordinance Office before the six-month standstill on the

approval of building plans for the two areas was imposed on July 4.

"Many of these flats have car parks and in any case the residents

will all require some form of transport which will add to the traffic

problems in these areas," he said.

The Public Works Department, he went on, already had plans in hand

for improving road junctions along the critical route, and a detailed study

would be made during the six-month respite to determine the extent of the

problem and possible solutions.

"But, in view of the size of the problem and the limitations of

any feasible road system, we should not be too sanguine that a solution

will be easy to find or quickly achieved," said Mr. Robertson.

/He said ............

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