XN000022-1975-05-09 — Page 2

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1975

REVISED NORTH POINT ZONING PLAN

PROVIDES FOR MORE SCHOOLS, HOSPITAL AND OPEN SPACE

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A NEW HOSPITAL, A COMMUNITY CENTRE, SCHOOLS AND AN ELEVATED ROAD ALONG THE WATERFRONT ARE AMONG THE MANY PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE DRAFT REVISED OUTLINE ZONING PLAN FOR NORTH POINT PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD.

SITES FOR THESE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH ARE AIMED AT PROVIDING A BALANCED LAND-USE PATTERN AND AN ADEQUATE ROAD SYSTEM IN NORTH POINT, ARE EARMARKED IN THE REVISED PLAN IN THE LIGHT OF THE CURRENT MAJOR RE-DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS TO CONVERT THE TAIKOO PROPERTIES NEAR BREAMAR RESERVOIR AND SITES AT QUARRY BAY INTO COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

THE WHOLE ZONING AREA IS BOUNDED EAST BY TAIKOO DOCKYARD WEST BY HING FAT STREET, NORTH BY THE SHORELINE AND SOUTH BY HILLSIDES OUTSIDE THE QUARTER MILE ZONE OF MT. BUTLER RADIO STATION.

SITES FOR THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY PROJECTS ARE SITUATED MOSTLY ON SOUTHERN HILLSIDES AS OTHER AREAS IN THE DISTRICT ARE HEAVILY DEVELOPED.

THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD HAS ALSO ALLOCATED SITES FOR DEVELOPMENT INTO A MULTI-STOREY CAR-PARK, A SUPERMARKET, HAWKER BAZAARS AND A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT TO CATER FOR THE NEED OF THE DISTRICT'S GROWING POPULATION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE PRESENT 150,000 PEOPLE TO 210,000 BY LATE 1980'S WHEN THE AREA IS FULLY DEVELOPED.

THE ELEVATED ROAD ON THE WATERFRONT, DESIGNED TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, WILL RUN PARARELL WITH KING'S ROAD WHICH IS THE ONLY EXISTING THROUGH-TRAFFIC ROUTE.

THE PROPOSED ROADWAY OVERPASSES THE NORTH POINT PASSENGER AND VEHICULAR FERRY PIERS AS WELL AS OTHER JETTIES ALONG THE NORTH POINT SHORELINE.

GRADE SEPARATED INTERCHANGES TO CONNECT THE NEW ROAD WITH KING'S ROAD ARE ALSO RECOMMENDED.

THE NEW ALIGNMENT MAY REQUIRE NEW WHARVES TO BE CONSTRUCTED BEYOND THE ROAD AS UNDERNEATH ACCESS TO THE EXISTING WATERFRONT WILL THEN ONLY BE POSSIBLE FOR SMALL BOATS.

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