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五分鐘路程 努力30年 繞道今通新世紀
星島日報
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2019年1月20日 上午6:11
■行政長官林鄭月娥與多名官員昨日乘坐開篷巴士試行繞道，出席開幕儀式。
【星島日報報道】（星島日報報道）隨着工作人員於凌晨時分移走水馬，讓全長四點五公里的中環灣仔繞道於今早八時正式通車，來往北角及中環的時間將會大為縮短至約五分鐘，市民終可告別困擾多年的港島塞車問題。昨日乘坐開篷巴士從天后到中環主持通車儀式的特首林鄭月娥表示，繞道歷時多年終於完工通車，令她百感交集，形容它是「得來不易」的基建項目。早年曾任發展局局長的林鄭月娥特別提到，繞道落實期間，曾經歷填海爭議、群眾運動，以及清拆天星和皇后碼頭等事件，儘管需時三十年光景才建成，卻成就了保護維港目標，以及促成新的文物保護政策。
自○九年底動工，連同超支撥款共耗資三百六十億元建造的中環灣仔繞道，今早八時開始通車，揭開港島北岸交通的新一頁。據了解，工作人員於凌晨時分開始，陸續將放置於不同連接道路及隧道內的水馬等障礙物移走，讓道路可以早上八時後正式開通，來往東區走廊北角段及中環香港站一帶的時間，將由現時繁忙時間超過二十分鐘，大幅縮少至約五分鐘。
特首林鄭月娥、財政司司長陳茂波及運房局局長陳帆等主要官員，以及一些交通安全隊的青少年成員，昨日先「行」為快，一起乘坐開篷巴士由天后清風街入口，到達設於中環隧道出口的會場，出席通車儀式。而其他獲邀出席的嘉賓亦可在儀式後，乘坐專車通過繞道。不過，傳媒未有獲同樣安排，只能在隧道口觀察內部情況，留意到在西行線內，就有一排水馬將一條行車線圍起，有待工作人員在凌晨移走。
林鄭月娥在致辭時表示，對繞道通車感到「開心、很感動，亦有一點激動，但亦有點百感交雜。」她指出，繞道的構思最早於八十年代首次提出，但當中幾經波折，包括填海爭議、群眾運動、清拆天星和皇后碼頭、司法挑戰、工程延誤等等，直到通車，「足足是三十年的光景。」
林鄭提及自己在○三後，曾先後擔任房屋及規劃地政局常任秘書長和發展局局長，分別曾處理涉及中區和灣仔填海的爭議及官司，以及皇后碼頭抗爭的事件，均與中環灣仔繞道落實有關，坦言今時今日要推展基建一點也不容易，而且會遇到很多爭議，而繞道正是一個「得來不易」的好例子。但她強調，為了本港長遠利益，政府須「迎難而上」，但亦會「求同存異」，希望市民也能換位思考，嘗試了解反對者的理由，了解是否有化解的方法。
她亦表示，繞道的發展過程中，成就了提升香港城市發展的兩大重要契機，包括保護維港，承諾不再在維港內填海，以及成立海濱事務委員會，美化維港供市民享用。而另一契機，就是促成香港保護文物的新政策，加快歷史建築的評級和成功活化多座歷史建築。她最後以「前人種樹，後人乘涼」作總結，指十多年前的決定，正正惠及下一代及未來的社會。她亦趁機「推銷」土地政策，指本港現時面對土地不足，亦應同樣以堅定前行的態度，為下一代進行建設，構建更美好的環境。
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Five minutes, hard work, 30 years, bypassing the new century
[Sing Tao Daily]
Sing Tao Daily
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January 20, 2019, 6:11 am
■The Chief Executive, Mrs Lam, and a number of officials took a bypass tour of the open-top bus yesterday to attend the opening ceremony.
[Sing Tao Daily Report] (Sing Tao Daily News reported) As the staff removed the water horses in the early hours of the morning, the full-length 4.5 km Central Wan Chai detour was officially opened at 8 am this morning. The time to travel to North Point and Central will be substantial. Shorten to about five minutes, the public can finally say goodbye to the problem of traffic jam on Hong Kong Island that has been plagued for many years. Lin Zhengyue, the chief executive of the opening ceremony bus from Tin Hau to Central, yesterday, said that the detour has been completed and opened for many years, which made her feel mixed and described it as a "hard-won" infrastructure project. Lin Zhengyue, who was the head of the Development Bureau in his early years, specifically mentioned that during the implementation of the detour, he had experienced sea reclamation disputes, mass movements, and the removal of the Stars and Queens Wharf. Although it took 30 years to complete, it has achieved protection. The goal of the Victoria Harbour and the promotion of new cultural heritage protection policies.
Starting from the end of 2009, the Central Wan Chai Bypass, which was built with a total expenditure of $36 billion, was opened to traffic at 8 am this morning to unveil a new page on the north shore of Hong Kong Island. It is understood that the staff will remove the obstacles such as water horses placed on different roads and tunnels in the early hours of the morning. The roads will be officially opened after 8 am and will be connected to the North Point of Eastern Corridor and Central Hong Kong Station. The time will be greatly reduced from the current peak time to more than 20 minutes to about five minutes.
The chief officials of the Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, the Financial Secretary, Mr. Chen Maobo, and the Secretary of the Housing Authority, Chen Fan, and some of the youth members of the Traffic Safety Team, took the lead in the morning and took the open-top bus from the entrance of Tin Hau Street. The venue was set up at the exit of the Central Tunnel and attended the opening ceremony. Other guests invited to attend can also take a special car to take a detour after the ceremony. However, the media has not been able to obtain the same arrangement. It can only observe the internal situation at the tunnel entrance. It is noted that within the westbound carriageway, there will be a drainage horse to enclose a lane, waiting for the staff to remove in the early hours of the morning.
In his speech, Mrs Lam said that she was "happy, very moved and a little excited about the detour, but she was also a bit mixed." She pointed out that the idea of detour was first proposed in the 1980s, but several twists and turns, including Reclamation disputes, mass movements, clearance of the Stars and Queens Wharf, judicial challenges, project delays, etc., until the opening of the car, "a full three-year situation."
Mr Lam mentioned that after ○3, he served as the Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands and the Secretary for Development. He had dealt with disputes and lawsuits involving the reclamation of the Central District and Wan Chai, as well as the incidents of the Queen's Pier. The implementation of the Central Wan Chai Bypass is frankly that it is not easy to promote the infrastructure today, and there will be many controversies. The detour is a good example of "getting it hard". However, she stressed that for the long-term interests of Hong Kong, the Government must "catch up the difficulties" but it will also "seek common ground while reserving differences". I hope that the public can also think differently and try to understand the reasons of the opponents and understand whether there are ways to resolve them.
She also said that during the development of the detour, two important opportunities for enhancing the development of Hong Kong's cities were achieved, including the protection of Victoria Harbour, the promise of no reclamation in the Victoria Harbour, and the establishment of the Waterfront Affairs Committee to beautify the Victoria Harbour for the public to enjoy. Another opportunity is to promote Hong Kong's new policy of protecting cultural relics, speed up the rating of historic buildings and successfully activate several historic buildings. In the end, she summed it up as "the tree planted by the predecessors and the coolness of the posterity," referring to the decision of more than a decade ago, which is benefiting the next generation and the future society. She also took the opportunity to "sell" the land policy. It means that Hong Kong is now facing a shortage of land. It should also adopt a firm and forward-looking attitude to build a better environment for the next generation.
