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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1993

GOVT TRIES HARD TO FIND LORRY PARKING SITES

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THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING VERY HARD TO FIND ALTERNATIVE PARKING SITES FOR LORRIES AFFECTED BY THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING PROJECT ON THE WESTERN RECLAMATION.

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SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID OWING то THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORKS FOR THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, ONE OF THE TWO TEMPORARY VEHICLE PARKS ON WESTERN RECLAMATION WAS CLOSED ON AUGUST 1 THIS YEAR.

THE OTHER VEHICLE PARK IS DUE TO BE CLOSED BY MID-SEPTEMBER.

THE VEHICLE PARKS PROVIDE SOME 500 GOODS VEHICLE PARKING SPACES. IN VIEW OF THE IMMINENT NEED, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, IN CO- OPERATION WITH THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, MARINE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER PARTIES CONCERNED, HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE SITES.

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SPOKESMAN SAID SEVERAL MEETINGS HAD BEEN HELD AMONG GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE DRIVER REPRESENTATIVES.

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MEETINGS, DISTRICT

BOARD MEMBERS AND THE DRIVERS

SUGGESTED A NUMBER OF SITES FOR INVESTIGATION.

ALTOGETHER, SOME 20 LOCATIONS ON HONG KONG ISLAND HAVE BEEN LOOKED INTO OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS IN AN ATTEMPT ΤΟ IDENTIFY TEMPORARY SITES THAT MAY BE SUITABLE FOR GOODS VEHICLE PARKING,

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THE SEARCH COVERS VACANT GOVERNMENT LAND, NEWLY RECLAIMED PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREAS, FUTURE AND PRESENT OPEN SPACES KERBSIDE SPACES.

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"SINCE THE END OF JULY 1993, SOME 200 GOODS VEHICLE ON-STREET PARKING SPACES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR IMMEDIATE USE, OF WHICH 95 ARE FOR NIGHT-TIME PARKING ONLY. THE SPACES ARE LOCATED ALONG DES VOEUX HOAD WEST, KENNEDY TOWN PRAYA, HEUNG YIP ROAD, WESTERN PARK ROAD AND FUNG MAT STREET, IIE SAID.

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OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES ARE EXPECTED ΤΟ BE BEFORE MID-SEPTEMBER, OF WHICH ABOUT 90 ARE FOR NIGHT-TIME

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PARKING ONLY.

THE SPACES ARE PROVIDED AT A SITE IN SIU SAI WAN, WITHIN PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREAS AT SAI WAN AND SHEUNG WAN AND AT A SITE NEXT TO THE WATERFRONT POLICE STATION.

"IN THE MEDIUM TERM, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT OVER 200 OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN QUARRY BAY AND BELCHER BAY BY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 1994, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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