Proposed road improvement works at Tim Mei Avenue to enhance the accessibility of the new Legislative Council Complex have been gazetted today.

The proposed works include:

* construction of a roundabout at the junction of Tim Mei Avenue, Lung Wui Road and Road D9;

* modification of a section of Road D9 into a two-way single road;

* provision of a U-turn facility at the southern end;

* conversion of an existing lay-by into a footpath;

* construction of a lay-by at the northern end of Tim Mei Avenue northbound;

* permanent or temporarily closure and reconstruction or modification of sections of carriageways, footpaths, refuge islands/central reserves and a lay-by; and

* drainage works and landscaping works, and provision of street lighting, traffic aids and railing.

It will start in 2010 and be completed in about nine months.

Click here for details. Anyone who objects to the proposed works should write to the Secretary for Transport & Housing, 16/F, Murray Building, Garden Road on or before March 16.