The Mong Kok Road footbridge system, which is alleged to be the "snail project", has not been completed after 23 years. Some local people wrote to the Office of The Ombudsman earlier to complain that the Highways Department did not properly monitor the project and caused the delay.
Yesterday (29th) the former Yau Tsim Mong District Councillor Lin Siu-bin said that he received a reply from the department. The letter mentioned that although the flyover system was funded and constructed by a private developer, the Highways Department should also learn from early experience to increase the delay of the project. transparency.
The government announced the "Mong Kok New Footbridge System" plan as early as 1998. The first phase of the project was completed in 2002, but the second phase of the project was not completed until 2016. There is an outbreak in the area where the mainland factory is located, and the expected completion date of the project needs to be extended to the third quarter of this year.
Former Yau Tsim Mong District Councillor, Lin Siu-bin, lodged a complaint with the Office of The Ombudsman in May. He stated on his Facebook yesterday that he had received a reply from the Office.
The Office of The Ombudsman replied that it could not comment on privately funded projects
As can be seen from the reply letter posted by him, the Office of the Commissioner’s Office pointed out that the Highways Department explained that the footbridge involved was a community project funded by Sun Hung Kai and Sun Hung Kai was not an agency that the Office could investigate, so it could not comment on its actions.
The PCPD also pointed out that the Highways Department generally followed up the second phase of the project in accordance with its powers and responsibilities. However, it also pointed out that the footbridge system was originally intended to facilitate the public. The second phase of the project was located at a busy location but has not been completed, which is far from the public's expectations. It is also prone to suspicion; therefore, the Commissioner’s Office believes that if the Highways Department can discuss with Sun Hung Kai at an earlier stage, it can relieve the doubts if it proactively releases information, and if there are other project delays in the future, it should also learn from this experience.
According to the information, the government had planned to build a new footbridge system on Mong Kok Road and Sai Yee Street in the press release dated May 1, 1998, including the construction of a covered footbridge along Mong Kok Road with a net width of about 8.5 meters. , Across Nathan Road to Sai Yee Street; and construct a covered footbridge along Sai Yee Street, with a net width of about 5.5 meters, from Mong Kok Road to Bute Street.
The flyover will be equipped with stairs, escalators and lifts for pedestrians.
It also pointed out that the government expected that the project would start at the end of that year and it would take only about 24 months (that is, the end of 2000) to be completed.
The project started in 2000, but it has not been completed 23 years after the announcement.
23 years in delay│The outbreak of the outbreak in the mainland plant caused the suspension of the Mong Kok Road footbridge construction. The Mong Kok footbridge has been delayed again for 23 years. The unfinished construction of the Mong Kok footbridge has been delayed for another 23 years. Retrospective responsibility
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