SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1975
NEW FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS HARCOURT ROAD ******
WORK IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE NEXT MONTH ON A NEW FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS HARCOURT ROAD OPPOSITE HUTCHISON HOUSE TO PROVIDE PEDESTRIANS THERE WITH AN IMPROVED AND PERMANENT ELEVATED ROAD CROSSING.
THE NEW BRIDGE, WHICH WILL BE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE, WILL BE LOCATED SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST OF THE EXISTING TEMPORARY FOOTBRIDGE BUILT THERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
ON COMPLETION OF THE PERMANENT FOOTBRIDGE, THE TEMPORARY FOOTBRIDGE WILL BE PULLED DOWN.
REGARDING THE NEED TO REPLACE THE EXISTING FOOTBRIDGE WITH A PERMANENT ONE, THE CHIEF ENGINEER, CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MR. C.K. CHOW, SAID TODAY THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS WISHING TO CROSS HARCOURT ROAD NEAR THE JUNCTION OF MURRAY ROAD SINCE THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITES BETWEEN MURRAY ROAD AND COTTON TREE DRIVE.
HE SAID THAT IT WAS THEREFORE CONSIDERED DESIRABLE THAT A PERMANENT FOOTBRIDGE BE CONSTRUCTED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PEDESTRIANS.
THE NEW FOOTBRIDGE, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF TWO SPANS OF APPROXIMATELY 23 METRES EACH, IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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