XN000022-1976-02-27 — Page 2

Friday, February 27, 1976

METRO: STREET ALTERATIONS TO FACILITATE WORK IN CENTRAL

Construction of the Island Stations of the Metro will begin in

April this year and will be completed in March 1980.

This part of the Metro system includes the construction by cut-

and-cover methods of underground stations at the junction of Des Voeux

Road Central and Fedder Street, at Chater Road and in the area bounded by

Harcourt Road, Cotton Tree Drive and Queensway.

The running lines between these works will be constructed by

bored tunnel methods. The stations include the construction of entrances

and ventilation shafts which will appear at permanent ground level structures.

However, before work can start on this section of the Metro, certain

street alterations, details of which are notified in today's Government

Gazette, will have to be made.

The principal roads affected will be Pedder Street, Des Voeux Reed

Central, Chater Raod, Jackson Road and Murray Road. The widths of the

carriageways and footpaths of these streets will be restricted from time

to time during the construction period.

Plans showing the areas affected by the project may be inspected

at the City District Office (Central and Western), the Enquiry Sub-Office,

Central Government Offices, West Wing entrance, Hong Kong, and at the Crown

Lands and Survey Office, 19th floor, Murray Building, Garden Road, Hong Kong.

Today's Government Gazette notice stipulates that any person making

a claim for compensation must send his claim in writing to the Director of

Public Works.

The claims *****