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THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1994

OVE

AND ARUP

PARTNERS

TOGETHER

PETER WITH

AND URBAN

PUN Y S ASSOCIATION UNDERTOOK THE STUDY TO PLAN A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME AND TO CONFIRM THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPOSALS.

THE FINAL REPORT OF THE STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER 1993.

A PAPER ON

WAS THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD TODAY (THURSDAY).

PRESENTED ΤΟ

THE

THE EXPLAINING

STUDY RESULTS, TDD'S HONG KONG ISLAND AND ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ACTING SENIOR ENGINEER MR CHAU SAU-MING SAID THE NEW RECLAMATION WOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR A LARGE DEVELOPMENT ACCOMMODATING A TARGET POPULATION OF 103,465.

SCALE

HE

DEVELOPMENT POINTED OUT THAT THE RECOMMENDED OUTLINE (RODP) HAD EVOLVED FROM THE WIDER OBJECTIVES OF METROPLAN, THE NEED TO PROVIDE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY LINKS AND THE REQUIREMENT TO RELOCATE OF THE EXISTING WATER-FRONT USERS ONTO THE NEW RECLAMATION.

PLAN

SOME

LAND

"ACCORDING TO THE RODP, 53.41 HECTARES OF THE RECLAIMED WILL BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSE, 21.6 HECTARES FOR GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY USE, 28.3 HECTARES FOR INDUSTRY AND OTHER 18.78 HECTARES FOR URBAN FRINGE PARK USE AND 37.9 HECTARES FOR PAVEMENTS, PLANTING PURPOSES, MR CHAU SAID.

USES, ROAD,

BY THE BAY

BELCHER

HE NOTED THAT THE RODP ROAD NETWORK HAD BEEN DICTATED REQUIREMENTS OF ROUTE 7 (SAI YING PUN TO KENNEDY TOWN); LINK; ROUTE 7 (KENNEDY TOWN TO ABERDEEN), AND GREEN ISLAND LINK.

"THE

LINK.

HIGHWAY NETWORK CONSISTS OF ROUTE 7 AND THE GREEN ISLAND

"INTERCHANGES BETWEEN THESE TWO ROUTES AND THE NEW RECLAMATION AREA PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE LOCAL ROAD NETWORK.

"ROUTE 7 WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE LINKS BETWEEN EXISTING KENNEDY TOWN AND THE NEW DEVELOPMENT MINIMISE AREA WHILE THE GREEN ISLAND LINK IS BROUGHT INTO A TUNNEL TO ITS IMPACT ON THE NEW DEVELOPMENT," MR CHAU SAID.

ON LOCAL ROAD NETWORK, MR CHAU SAID AN EAST-WEST PRIMARY DISTRIBUTORS DISTRIBUTOR WOULD SERVE THE RECLAMATION AND TWO DISTRICT ACT AS NORTH-SOUTH CONNECTIONS.

"IT IS PROPOSED THAT PART OF THE PRIMARY DISTRIBUTOR WILL BE IN TUNNEL TO MAXIMISE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AND LAND VALUES," HE ADDED.

REGARDING PUBLIC TRANSPORT DEMANDS, THE STUDY PROPOSED THAT THEY BE MET BY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (MTR), TRAM, FRANCHISED BUSES, AND GREEN MINI-BUSES.

MTR THE

RESERVE FROM SHEUNG WAN TO KENNEDY TOWN SHOULD BE

RETAINED.

LAND USE CONSIDERATIONS POINT TO BENEFITS FOR

DEVELOPMENT IF THE MTR EXTENSION TO

RETAIL PROCEED.

COMMERCIAL AND

KENNEDY TOWN

WERE

то

/THE OPPORTUNITIES

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