XN000022-1973-09-28 — Page 14

13

-

Friday, September 28, 1973

EXTENSION OF KENNEDY TOWN SEAWALL

The seawall fronting the sand depot at Kennedy Town is to be ex-

tended westwards by 1,100 feet shortly.

The new seawall will enclose the second stage of the Kennedy

Town reclamation.

Stage One of the Kennedy Town reclamation, on which stands an

incinerator, a temporary bus terminus and sand depot, was completed a

few years ago.

A spokesman for the Public Works Department said that there had

been an increasing demand for land in the Kennedy Town area.

L

The new reclamation, he added, would provide about 3.6 acres of

land for a bus and ferry concourse, a market, a new site for the sand

depot and a section of a possible future waterfront road.

Construction of the seawall, estimated to cost about $2.1 million,

is expected to begin in December and will take about nine months to com-

plete.

The works have been designed and construction will be supervised

by the Port Works Division of the Civil Engineering Office, Public Works

Department.

/14