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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1988

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$130M ACCESS FACILITIES FOR WAN CHAI RECLAMATION AREA

OF THE THE TONNOCHY ROAD FLYOVER IS THE FINAL MAJOR COMPONENT

WAN VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FACILITIES TO BE COMPLETED IN THE

MR HIGHWAYS,

HAROLD CHAI RECLAMATION AREA, THE DIRECTOR OF SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BEATON,

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FLYOVER, MR BEATON SAID THE TOTAL PACKAGE OF FACILITIES FOR ACCESS TO, FROM AND WITHIN THE WAN TOTAL COST CHAI RECLAMATION AREA SHOULD BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH AT A OF $130 MILLION.

RAPIDLY THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION AREA HAS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP WITH MANY CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL, OFFICE AND HOTEL PROJECTS COMPLETED OR UNDERWAY. PROJECTS TO PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR ACCESS AND WITHIN THE AREA HAVE ALSO POCEEDED RAPIDLY.

THE FIRST OF THESE FACILITIES WAS OPENED IN JANUARY LAST YEAR.

INTO

-

THE O'BRIEN ROAD

FOOTBRIDGE

AND ROAD

THE

FENWICK PIER FERRY PIER AND

AT HUNG HING SINCE THAT TIME FLYOVERS

WAN SHING STREET, STREET, AND FOOTBRIDGES AT FENWICK PIER STREET HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC.

AN EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF GROUND FLYOVERS HAS ALSO BEEN BUILT.

LEVEL

ROADS

ACCESS TO AND FROM THE RECLAMATION THE AREA HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED.

LEADING

ΤΟ

THESE

AREA AND MOVEMENT WITHIN

HAS

BY

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT

A

ENVIRONMENT PLEASANT WITH AS MUCH 'GREENERY'

"IN UNDERTAKING THESE ROADWORKS

PROVIDING PLACED PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON

STRUCTURES CREATING

ATTRACTIVE VISUALLY

MR BEATON SAID. INTRODUCED AS POSSIBLE,

•

"THIS CAN BE SEEN IN THE MORE

INTENSIVE

COLOUR TREATMENT

OF

➡

AND IN THE

A RELATIVELY NEW INNOVATION SOME OF THE FOOTBRIDGES TREE PLANTING AND AMENITY PROVISION WHICH IS TAKING PLACE.

TREES AND SHRUBS WILL

"IN THIS RESPECT MORE THAN 20,000 NEW HAVE BEEN PLANTED WHEN THE WORKS ARE COMPLETED."

HE HOPED THE END RESULT WOULD OFFSET ANY DURING CONSTRUCTION.

INCONVENIENCE CAUSED

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD, MRS PEGGY LAM.

MRS LAM PRAISED THE

GOVERNMENT

TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE DISTRICT.

THE CHAIRMAN OF

FOR

ITS

ΤΟ EFFORTS

IMPROVE

/SHE NOTED .******