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Design study on West Kowloon Reclamation underway
An urban design study on West Kowloon Reclamation is being carried out by a consultancy firm on behalf of the Planning Department.
The Director of Planning, Dr Peter Pun, has recently signed a consultancy agreement on the study with Urbis Travers Morgan Limited.
A spokesman for the department said today (Tuesday) that the study was intended to provide a consolidated urban design framework and overall concept for the West Kowloon Reclamation which had an area of about 300 hectares stretching from Sham Shui Po to Yau Ma Tei.
Detailed design parameters for individual development sites within the area will also be formulated.
"The study will take on board existing land use proposals and recommend preferred height bands, built forms, building lines, visual corridors and pedestrian networks, and so on, for the West Kowloon Reclamation.
"It will also provide detailed design and development parameters, such as plot ratios, maximum building heights, set-backs and pedestrian walkways, commercial and residential and some selected industrial sites in the area.
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"These parameters will in turn be incorporated into the lease conditions when the sites are put up for sale," the spokesman added.
In the study, environmental considerations, such as noise control and landscaping, will be taken into account. Linkages to the existing urban areas will also be carefully considered to ensure that the new developments in the West Kowloon Reclamation will function as a natural extension of the existing urban core.
The study is expected to be completed by June next year.
end/Tuesday, December 6, 1994
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