THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1977
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WIDENING OF TIN LOK LANE AND MORRISON HILL ROAD
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TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE CONGESTED WAN CHAI AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATLY IMPROVED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE WORK ON THE WIDENING OF TIN LOK LANE AND MORRISON HILL ROAD.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE ROAD WIDENING WAS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME IN THE AREA WHICH INCLUDED THE RECONSTRUCTION OF QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND IMPROVEMENT TO THE STUBBS ROAD/QUEEN'S ROAD EAST JUNCTION,
HE POINTED OUT THAT TIN LOK LANE AND MORRISON HILL ROAD WERE AT PRESENT IMPORTANT ROAD LINKS FOR TRAFFIC PROCEEDING TOWARDS THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL FROM THE WAN CHAI AREA.
+ THE ROADS ARE NOW HEAVILY USED AND BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE TRAM TRACKS ALONG MORRISON HILL ROAD AND TIN LOK LANE ONLY TWO TRAFFIC LANES ARE AVAILABLE FOR BUSES AND OTHER CARS.
+ THE AIM IS TO WIDEN THE EXISTING CARRIAGEWAYS SO AS TO PROVIDE TWO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC LANES IN EACH DIRECTION IN ADDITION TO THE TRAM TRACK, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN ADDITION, HE ADDED, A SIGNAL CONTROLLED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED AT THE JUNCTION OF TIN LOK LANE AND WAN CHAI ROAD TO CATER FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
TO MAKE WAY FOR THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, TWO BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS AT NOS. 370-372, HENNESSY ROAD AND NOS. 2-4, TIN LOK LANE ARE REQUIRED TO BE DEMOLISHED. THE BUILDINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH PROPER RESUMPTION PROCEEDINGS IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
OWNERS OF THE BUILDINGS ARE COMPENSATED AT THE CURRENT MARKET VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTIES WHILE ALL OCCUPIERS HAVE BEEN OFFERED COMPENSATION, ABOUT $20 PER SQUARE FOOT OF LIVING SPACE AND $40 PER SQUARE FOOT OF BUSINESS ACCOMMODATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADVANCE PAYMENT SCHEME.
UNDER THE SCHEME, THE OCCUPIERS WILL BE PAID HALF THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION UPON SIGNING THE UNDERTAKING TO LEAVE THE PREMISES AND THE OTHER HALF WILL BE GIVEN TO THEM AFTER THEY HAVE LEFT THE PREMISES.
IN ADDITION, ALL DOMESTIC TENANTS HAVE ALSO BEEN OFFERED ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
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