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Press
Releases - 1998
Tai
Po sewerage project approved
The Chief
Executive-in-Council has approved a sewerage project in Ting
Kok Road, Tai Po, to improve the environment of the Tolo Harbour,
according to a notice published in the Gazette today (Friday).
The Executive
Council, after deliberating an objection, ruled that the project
should be implemented according to the original scheme gazetted
in January last year.
The project
comprises the laying of trunk sewer and rising mains along
Ting Kok Road from Tai Mei Tuk to Sam Mun Tsai Road and the
construction of two associated sewage pumping stations.
The proposed
project is designed to collect sewage generated along Ting
Kok Road and will effectively reduce the pollutants currently
disposed of through septic tanks or directly into Tolo Harbour.
A spokesman
for the Environmental Protection Department said that appropriate
mitigation measures would be implemented as recommended in
an environmental impact assessment carried out for the project.
Works
are expected to commence in May 1998 and will take approximately
30 months to complete.
Works
under this sewerage scheme will be carried out in conjunction
with a road scheme, the "Tai Po Development Remaining Works,
Ting Kok Road Upgrading Stage II", which has also been approved
by the Chief Executive-in-Council.
End/Friday,
February 20, 1998
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