To facilitate the public to build the elevator 18 project to push 8 years 16 is still waiting for the long queue of long-distance government to do

The Legislative Council Panel on Transport today discussed the establishment of a subcommittee to monitor the progress of the elevator system works to facilitate the upheaval. Newspaper to check the government information, found that the plan to promote 8 years, only 18 of the proposed project has been completed, one part of the completion. The project has not yet started to follow up the Ma On Shan Fu Po Garden, the elderly neighborhood described “abandoned”, over the years need to daily ups and downs “100 stairs”, but also fell to injury. The Chairman of the Panel on Transport, Mr CHAN Heng-bin, criticized the progress so that the project had been completed and was not built by the Highways Department (see draft). Ming Pao reporter Cen Yongxin

In 2009, the Government assessed the construction of the “Uphill Area Escalator System and Lift System” (hereinafter referred to as the “Uphill Elevator System”) in accordance with the surrounding environment, efficiency and implementation factors. The ranking of the proposed projects is located in Hong Kong and Kowloon New Territories, connecting different estates or major pedestrian roads. However, the latest information provided by the Highways Department shows that only the Yuen Wah Street Pedestrian Linkage System and Lai King Hill Road to the Princess Margaret Hospital lift and pedestrian access system have been completed and open for use. By the end of March this year, 12 facilities had been completed and opened for use in the Tsz Wan Shan Pedestrian Access System. The remaining three were completed later this year and two were under construction (see table).

4 items never started by the elders such as being abandoned

However, there are four projects that have never been followed up, including lifts and pedestrian access systems for more than 20 years, ranked 16th Ma On Shan Fubao Garden to Xisha Road, which currently has a 101-class staircase connected to Xisha Road , For residents from the Newport City Center and MTR Ma On Shan Station. Yang Tai, a 60-year-old who lives for more than 20 years living with her husband in Fu Po Garden, said that he had fallen on the staircase and had injured his head. Stairs sprain and see a doctor. She described the estate “abandoned” and had no improvement measures for any pedestrian connection.

Octopus Square to avoid hundreds of stairs Ning pocket big circle

With the rich treasure garden living more than 20 years, 86-year-old Liu Tai said, is due to knee pain and try not to walk 100 stairs, to go to the nearby clinic, need to follow Jin Ying Road, “big circle” to Xisha Road. 82-year-old resident Zhen Tai also said to walk 100 stairs very hard, “to go around, at my pace, may be half an hour.” The district councilor, Mr Tsang Sui-lei, said that there were about 4,000 housing estates. As the 100 staircase was able to reach the city center, the crowd was so frequent that she criticized the progress of the whole project. “We wanted to carry out the study as soon as possible.”

According to the 2011 census, the median age of the Po Po Garden households was 44.2 years and the population aged 65 or above accounted for 12.8% of the total population, about 4 percentage points higher than the 10-year-old population. The project is located at Sheung Wo Court in Sha Tin. The population aged 65 or above accounts for 15.6% of the total household and 10% by 10%. The population aged 65 or above accounts for 11.2% of the total population and 10 percentage points in 10 years.

Highways Department: Consideration should be given to soil slopes

The Highways Department has responded to the report that the existing three proposals have been completed or partially completed, two are under construction, one is being tender and seven are at different stages of research and design. The Department has been able to carry out a number of proposed projects at the same time. However, the scale of the uphill elevator system is large and the factors such as soil and slope are considered. Asked why there are four proposals not to follow up, the Department explained that the Government is concentrating on the resources as soon as possible to implement the higher ranking has not yet started the proposal to be ranked before the project will follow up on the track.