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The Government today (April 20) published in the Gazette the authorised Middle Road Subway extension works with modification, which will provide an underground pedestrian linkage connecting the Canton Road area to the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) East Tsim Sha Tsui Station.
To facilitate commuters travelling between the KCRC East Tsim Sha Tsui Station and the Canton Road and Star Ferry areas, KCRC proposes to construct an extension to the existing Middle Road Subway to connect to the existing Peking Road and Kowloon Park Drive Subways by cut-and-cover method.
The new subway extension will be installed with travelators and a lift will be provided outside Kowloon Hotel. KCRC will also improve the condition of the existing Kowloon Park Drive Subway, and to replace the existing ramp by a lift and an escalator at the existing entrance adjacent to YMCA Building.
The modification involves amendment to the proposed location of the lift outside the Kowloon Hotel. Construction work is scheduled to start in early 2007 and will take about 32 months to complete.
The modification plan is available for public inspection at the following Government Offices during office hours:
* Central and Western Office, Public Enquiry Service Centre, Unit 5, Ground Floor, The Centre, 99 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong;
* Yau Tsim Mong District Office, Public Enquiry Service Centre, Ground Floor, Mong Kok Government Offices, 30 Luen Wan Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon; and
* District Lands Office, Kowloon West, 10th Floor, Yau Ma Tei Carpark Building, 250 Shanghai Street, Kowloon.
Ends/Friday, April 20, 2007
Issued at HKT 14:01
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