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The Government published a notice in the Gazette today (September 9) on further amendments to the proposed works to construct a vehicular turnaround facility at the junction of Salisbury Road and Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. The amendments aim at ameliorating the effects of the works on the public.
The proposed further amendments are as follows:
(i) Revision of the proposed limit of the works area;
(ii) Expansion of the originally proposed turnaround to include the construction of a new public transport interchange (PTI) at the junction of Salisbury Road and Canton Road;
(iii) Revision of the proposed layout of the carriageways, footpaths, pedestrian crossings and dividers/traffic islands at the junction of Salisbury Road and Canton Road;
(iv) Conversion of part of the existing PTI into carriageways, footpaths and dividers/traffic islands, with provision of additional bus stops and relocation of the originally proposed taxi drop-off point;
(v) Revision of the originally proposed permanent closure of the existing PTI;
(vi) Revision of the proposed permanent closure of sections of the existing carriageways, footpaths, landscape area and dividers/traffic islands;
(vii) Revision of the proposed temporary closure and reconstruction of sections of the existing carriageways and footpaths;
(viii) Temporary closure and reconstruction of sections of the existing dividers/traffic islands; and
(ix) Ancillary works including landscaping, drainage, lighting and utility diversion, and installation of traffic lights.
The amendment plan and scheme are available for public inspection at the following places during office hours:
Central and Western District Office
Public Enquiry Service Centre
Unit 5, G/F, The Center
99 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong
Yau Tsim Mong District Office
Public Enquiry Service Centre
G/F, Mong Kok Government Offices
30 Luen Wan Street
Mong Kok, Kowloon
District Lands Office, Kowloon West,
10/F, Yau Ma Tei Carpark Building
250 Shanghai Street, Kowloon
Any person who wishes to object to the proposed further amendments should write to the Secretary for Transport and Housing, 16/F, Murray Building, Garden Road, Hong Kong, on or before November 8.
Ends/Friday, September 9, 2011
Issued at HKT 11:01
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