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The Government published a notice in the Gazette today (January 16) on a proposal to construct bus interchanges on Tuen Mun Road to improve the bus network.
Proposed works include construction of a Kowloon-bound bus interchange and a Tuen Mun bound bus interchange on Tuen Mun Road with associated road works; modification of the existing road junctions at Castle Peak Road-Tai Lam; construction of a footbridge with associated staircase and lifts, and widening of the existing vehicular bridge near Tai Lam Kok; modification of the existing seawall near Tai Lam Kok; and ancillary works such as slope, drainage, landscaping and utility works.
Some sections of the existing carriageways, footpaths and underpass will be temporarily or permanently closed.
The construction work is scheduled to start in April 2010 and take about 36 months to complete.
The plans 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) Tuen Mun District Office, 2nd Floor, Tuen Mun Government Offices, 1 Tuen Hi Road, Tuen Mun; and
(iii) District Lands Office, Tuen Mun, 6th Floor, Tuen Mun Government Offices, 1 Tuen Hi Road, Tuen Mun.
Any person who wishes to object to the proposed works or the use, or both, should write to the Secretary for Transport and Housing, 16th Floor, Murray Building, Garden Road, Hong Kong, on or before March 17, 2009.
Ends/Friday, January 16, 2009
Issued at HKT 11:00
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