13.05 Due to the complexity of the traffic diversion in the Central District of Hong Kong, a Working Group was set up, chaired by the Director of Mass Transit Studies and attended by senior members of various Government Departments and the M.T.R.C. to determine the overall traffic strategy and resolve particular diversion problems arising from the M.T.R. works in the Central District.
13.06 Route protection for the "Full System" of the M.T.R. continued, 36 private development proposals being examined to ensure that there was no conflict with possible future M.T.R. works. Various Government projects were also examined resulting in the inclusion of sheet piling works in four highways contracts to facilitate future construction of the railway.
13.07 Discussions commenced with the M.T.R.C. to identify the location, height and other details of the M.T.R. ventilation shafts and their possible effects on the environment.
13.08 Assistance was given to the M.T.R.C. on a wide range of matters relating to the planning of the possible extension of the M.I.S. to Tsuen Wan including investigations into the effects of alternative alignments.
13.09 A Special Study Group was formed in October 1976 to determine and co-ordinate requirements of various Government Offices for the development over the Kowloon-Canton Railway's Mong Kok Station. Meetings were held to identify the maximum development potential of the site and the traffic and transport requirements at this location. The report was being finalized.
13.10 Works on the drafting of engineering conditions and preparation of plans for the Short Term Tenancy Agreements were virtually completed.
13.11 Letters of Authority were issued to the Corporation giving possession of the main works areas and sites required for work to commence on the Island stations and tunnels and the Ngau Tau Kok/Kwun Tong overhead sections. In addition, sites for station entrances and ventilation shafts were made available consistent with the construction programme. The Short Term Tenancies which will supersede the Letters of Authority continued to be processed despite the problems posed by adjustments to works areas. Twenty-seven tenancy agreements were ready for printing by the end of the period under review.
13.12 The M.T.R. Land Acquisition Co-ordinating Committee continued to meet monthly and processed a considerable number of applications from the Corporation relating to additional areas of land required for works areas, boundary adjustments, ground anchors, ground treatment works, dewatering wells, monitoring boreholes and line sumps and production wells for the North Kowloon stations cooling system. Many of these applications involved a tight time schedule to ensure that the various contract programmes were maintained.
13.13 As works progressed it was necessary to effect the removal of certain advertising signs, canopies, illegal projections and other structures to facilitate the M.T.R. construction works. Some 950 statutory notices for this purpose, and to authorise the installation of survey monitoring points,
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13.05 Due to the complexity of the traffic diversion in the Central District of Hong Kong, a Working Group was set up, chaired by the Director of Mass Transit Studies and attended by senior members of various Government Departments and the M.T.R.C. to determine the overall traffic strategy and resolve particular diversion problems arising from the M.T.R. works in the Central District.
13.06 Route protection for the "Full System" of the M.T.R. continued, 36 private development proposals being examined to ensure that there was no conflict with possible future M.T.R. works. Various Government projects were also examined resulting in the inclusion of sheet piling works in four highways contracts to facilitate future construction of the railway.
13.07
Discussions commenced with the M.T.R.C. to identify the location, height and other details of the M.T.R. ventilation shafts and their possible effects on the environment.
13.08 Assistance was given to the M.T.R.C. on a wide range of matters relating to the planning of the possible extension of the M.I.S. to Tsuen Wan including investigations into the effects of alternative alignments.
13.09 A Special Study Group was formed in October 1976 to determine and co-ordinate requirements of various Government Offices for the development over the Kowloon-Canton Railway's Mong Kok Station. Meetings were held to identify the maximum development potential of the site and the traffic and transport requirements at this location. The report was being finalized.
13.10
Works on the drafting of engineering conditions and preparation of plans for the Short Term Tenancy Agreements were virtually completed.
13.11 Letters of Authority were issued to the Corporation giving possession of the main works areas and sites required for work to commence on the Island stations and tunnels and the Ngau Tau Kok/Kwun Tong overhead sections. In addition, sites for station entrances and ventilation shafts were made available consistent with the construction programme. The Short Term Tenancies which will supersede the Letters of Authority continued to be processed despite the problems posed by adjustments to works areas. Twenty- seven tenancy agreements were ready for printing by the end of the period under review.
13.12 The M.T.R. Land Acquisition Co-ordinating Committee continued to meet monthly and processed a considerable number of applications from the Corporation relating to additional areas of land required for works areas, boundary adjustments, ground anchors, ground treatment works, dewatering wells, monitoring boreholes and line sumps and production wells for the North Kowloon stations cooling system. Many of these applications involved a tight time schedule to ensure that the various contract programmes were maintained.
13.13 As works progressed it was necessary to effect the removal of certain advertising signs, canopies, illegal projections and other structures to facilitate the M.T.R. construction works. Some 950 statutory notices for this purpose, and to authorise the installation of survey monitoring points,
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