Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2010-11 Reply Serial No.

THB(T)041 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY TO INITIAL WRITTEN QUESTION Question Serial No. Head: 60 - Highways Department Subhead 000 Operational 1394 (No. & title): expenses

Programme: (2) District and Maintenance

Controlling Officer: Director of Highways

Director of Bureau: Secretary for Transport and Housing

Question:

Please provide details about and the expenditure involved of the pedestrian schemes implemented in different regions in the past three years (i.e. from 2007-08 to 2009-10) and those scheduled for the coming year (i.e. 2010-11):

Region Location Expenditure Involved Progress e.g. Causeway Bay

Kowloon

New Territories

Asked by: Hon. CHEUNG Hok-ming

Reply:

Details of the pedestrian schemes implemented in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10, and those scheduled to commence in 2010-11 are as follows:

Actual Estimated Expenditure Expenditure Region Location Progress ($ million) ($ million) 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Hong Kong East Point Road and Great 0.9 Under planning George Street (between East point Road and Paterson Street) Lee Garden Road 0.1 Completed in November 2002 Lockhart Road (between 0.1 1.5 0.1* Completed in Cannon Street and East Point November 2009. Road) Paterson Street (between Great 0.2 Completed in George Street and Kingston February 2003 Street) and Great George Street (between Paterson Street and Gloucester Road) Yun Ping Road (between Kai 0.3 0.1 Completed in Chiu Road and Leighton Road) December 2007

Actual Estimated Expenditure Expenditure Region Location Progress ($ million) ($ million) 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Kowloon (between Yen 0.2 Completed in Chow Street and Nam Cheong February 2007 Street) Fuk Wa Street (between Yen 0.7 0.1 0.1 Completed in Chow Street and Nam Cheong October 2007 Street) Fuk Wing Street (between Yen 0.4 0.5 0.1* Completed in Chow Street and Nam Cheong January 2010 Street) Kweilin Street (between Yu 0.3 Under Chau Street and Un Chau Street) construction Nam Cheong Street (between 0.2 0.2 Completed in Un Chau Street and Yu Chau March 2008 Street) (between Yu Chau 0.2 0.3 0.3 Completed in May Street and Un Chau Street) 2008 Yu Chau Street (between Yen 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 Under Chow Street and Nam Cheong construction Street) Argyle Street (between Fa Yuen 0.2 Construction Street and ) works scheduled to start in 2010-11 Bowring Street (between Nathan 0.2 0.9 0.2 * Completed in Road and Parkes Street) October 2009 Nanking Street (between Nathan 0.5 Completed in May Road and ) 2006 Ning Po Street, Saigon Street 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 Under and Pak Hoi Street (between construction Nathan Road and Shanghai Street) Parkes Street (between Jordan 0.5 Under Road and Saigon Street) construction (between Nathan 0.7 Construction Road and Hankow Road) works scheduled to start in 2010-11 Pilkem Street (between Jordan 0.3 0.2 Completed in May Road and ) 2008 South 0.5 Construction (between and Soy works scheduled Street) to start in 2010-11 Shanghai Street (between Jordan 0.7 0.2 0.1 Completed in May Road and Kansu Street) 2009 (between Sai Yeung 0.1 Construction Choi Street South and Fa Yuen works scheduled Street) to start in 2010-11 Temple Street (between Jordan 0.2 Completed in June Road and Kansu Street) 2006

Actual Estimated Expenditure Expenditure Region Location Progress ($ million) ($ million) 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Woosung Street (between 0.2 0.2 0.2 Under Jordan Road and Kansu Street) construction

Prat Avenue (between Hart The planning and Avenue and design work is South) scheduled to commence in 2010-11 and payments are expected to be due in 2011-12. New There is no pedestrian scheme works in the New Territories. Territories

Total 4.3 2.4 4.1 4.2

* Pending finalisation of accounts, payments of works completed towards the end of 2009-10 are expected to be due in 2010-11.

Signature

Name in block letters WAI CHI SING

Post Title Director of Highways

Date 19.3.2010