Policy Address

Improving the Pedestrian Environment

107.    We will take forward pedestrian schemes to minimise vehicle-pedestrian conflicts and improve roadside air quality.  The schemes cover footbridges, pedestrian subways, pedestrianised streets and traffic calming streets.  Our focus will be on improving the pedestrian environment in business districts, shopping centres, and leisure areas with heavy pedestrian flows.  For example, we will consider constructing additional pedestrian subways in Causeway Bay linking the MTR station with Victoria Park as well as the busy streets in the heart of Causeway Bay and its junction with Happy Valley; extending the footbridge system in Mong Kok to cover central Mong Kok and the Tai Kok Tsui area; and developing a footbridge system at Castle Peak Road (Yuen Long) in the Yuen Long town centre.  We expect to put forward specific proposals as early as possible.

108.    In addition, we will establish an assessment system for the provision of hillside escalator links and elevator systems.  The Housing Department is studying the feasibility of installing lifts and escalators connecting common areas in hillside public housing estates, as well as lifts in walk-up, low-rise public housing blocks to facilitate resident access.

 

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