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The Government published a notice in the Gazette today (January 15) on the construction of an elevated walkway system in Kowloon Bay. The walkway system will link up the Kowloon Bay Industrial Area and Telford Gardens to the MTR Kowloon Bay Station.
The proposed works include construction of a covered 550-metre elevated walkway system; associated staircases, escalators and lifts for the proposed elevated walkway system; modification of a section of Wang Hoi Road near the junction with Sheung Yuet Road, including the provision of a pedestrian crossing; permanent or temporary closure and reconstruction/modification of existing facilities nearby such as refuge island and footbridge staircase; and ancillary works including landscaping and drainage works.
Plan and scheme of the works are available for public inspection at the following government offices during office hours:
(i) Central and Western District Office, Public Enquiry Service Centre, Unit 5, Ground Floor, The Center, 99 Queen's Road Central;
(ii) Kwun Tong District Office, Public Enquiry Service Centre, Lower Ground Floor, Kwun Tong District Branch Offices Building, 6 Tung Yan Street, Kwun Tong; and
(iii) District Lands Office, Kowloon East, 10th Floor, Yau Ma Tei Carpark Building, 250 Shanghai Street.
Any person who wishes to object to the proposed works or the use, or both, should write to the Secretary for Transport and Housing, 16/F, Murray Building, Garden Road, Hong Kong, on or before March 16.
Ends/Friday, January 15, 2010
Issued at HKT 11:31
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