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Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel (Alter Elbtunnel colloquially or St. Pauli Elbtunnel officially) which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg, Germany. The 426 m long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m beneath the surface, two 6 m diameter tubes connect central Hamburg with the docks and shipyards on the south side of the river Elbe. This was a big improvement for tens of thousands of workers in one of the busiest harbors in the world.
Four large lifts on either side of the tunnel carry pedestrians and vehicles to the bottom. The two tunnels are both still in operation, though due to their limited capacity by today's standards, other bridges and tunnels have been built and taken over most of the traffic.
In 2008 approximately 300,000 cars, 63,000 bicycles, and 700,000 pedestrians used the tunnel. The tunnel is opened 24 hours for pedestrians and bicycles. For motorized vehicles, opening times are currently Monday to Friday from 5:20 AM to 8:00 PM and on Saturdays from 5:20 AM to 4:00 PM. Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Voguéo
Le trafic est fluide...
La ligne dessert : Gare d’Austerlitz, Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (à l’aller), Bercy (au retour), Ivry Pont Mandela et École vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort . Au total, le trajet durera 55 mn pour effectuer la boucle en aller-retour.
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Voguéo est un service public de transport en commun par navette fluviale assuré sur la Seine et la Marne.
Défini par le syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (STIF) en 2007, le service a été inauguré le 28 juin 2008 entre la gare d’Austerlitz à Paris et l'école vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort, avec un temps de parcours moyen de trente-cinq minutes, réduit à vingt-huit minutes l'année suivante.
Voguéo offre aux franciliens et touristes la possibilité de découvrir la Seine en amont de Paris, en utilisant les forfaits de transports habituels, ce qui n'est pas le cas des compagnies touristiques. Le service permet de découvrir plusieurs ponts et lieux de Paris, rarement inclus dans les parcours touristiques : le viaduc hélicoïdal d'Austerlitz qui supporte la ligne 5 du métro, le pont Charles-de-Gaulle, plus récent pont routier de la ville ouvert en 1992, la passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir, dernière lancée sur la Seine à Paris en 2006, la bibliothèque François-Mitterrand, les Grands Moulins de Paris et le nouveau quartier de Paris Rive Gauche, le ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie, unique édifice parisien ayant des piliers dans le cours du fleuve, le palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy et des échappées sur le parc de Bercy. Dans le Val-de-Marne, le paysage est plus industriel et la rive droite est longée par l'autoroute de l'Est, mais permet néanmoins de découvrir Chinagora et les rives de la Marne.
The imposing Fairview Lift Bridge crosses the Yellowstone River between Fairview, Montana and Cartwright, North Dakota. Visible at the end of the bridge is the Cartwright Tunnel.
The Fairview Bridge is a former railroad lift bridge built in 1912 across the Yellowstone River about 4 miles east of the Montana/North Dakota border. Built in the twilight of steamboat traffic on the lower Yellowstone, the only time the bridge was ever lifted was in 1913 to make sure the components worked correctly. The rails going over the bridge, though initially intended to form a secondary main line of the Great Northern for over 550 miles between New Rockford, North Dakota and Lewistown, Montana, ultimately never went any farther west than Fairview, Montana nor any farther east than Watford City, North Dakota, a total distance of nearly 40 miles. Trains operated over what became a unique branch line until 1992, when it was completely abandoned.
Due to the steep hills lining the eastern bank of the Yellowstone River in this vicinity, a 1,458-foot long tunnel was built to the east of the lift bridge. This tunnel, named the Cartwright Tunnel in honor of the closest city, was the only one ever built in North Dakota.
Today, both the bridge and tunnel have been turned into major tourist attractions in the Fairview, Montana area. Go to www.midrivers.com/~fairview/bridges.html to find out more information about them.
Museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, commuter rail, and bridge and tunnel systems.
The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel passes underwater and off-shore of Governors Island's northeast corner, its location marked by an octagonal air ventilation building connected to the island by a causeway.
BR Class 03 D2152 (03-152) running around its train.
This is one of the South Wales 03's with the cut down cabs allowing them to haul coal trains under low bridges and tunnels.
Rushed into service to replace the fire damaged Thumper Unit 207-203.
I think that this is called Wise's Hole after Berkeley Deane Wise who designed the walkway including the bridges and tunnels.
Date: 22.03.2011
Location: Amsterdam Noord, Mosveld
Wall: 650 m2 of the complete bridge and tunnel walls
All artists of the Urban Art Exchange SH(OUT)!!! painted together the complete bridge and tunnel walls at the Mosplein in Amsterdam Noord. A common color scheme for the styels and the background was chosen by the organisation crew. During a preparation meeting the wall space was divided amon the artists in order to get a good composition of stylewriters and characters.
URBAN ART MURALISM - ARTIST EXCHANGE in AMSTERDAM
A group of 36 Urban Artists coming from six European countries – Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France and Austria – took part in the European Art Exchange Project “SH(OUT)!!!” from 18.03.11 to 27.03.11 in Amsterdam.
The main activities included several mural paintings in the city of Amsterdam, an exhibition in the Dokhuis Gallery as well as a common art workshop with local young people.
Nowadays Urban Art has worldwide acceptance as a young art form. Urban Artists form and transform public spaces and present their work, free of charge, throughout the cities. The event gives respect and pays tribute to art from the streets and makes this art form more accessible to a broader audience through various live painting activities in the city, two innovative group exhibitions and workshops.
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Scenic Circumbaikal route by the lake Baikal with dozens of bridges and tunnels.
Copyright © Janne Saavalainen
Wrinkley kindly sent this photograph for publication.
Contact and catenary wires have been installed through the bridges and tunnel west of Bolton station and out into the countryside beyond.
Copyright Wrinkley 2018.
Sydney Gardens, Bath.
Kennet & Avon Canal.
The tunnel under Cleveland House, c1800.
,By John Rennie (1761-1821).
Grade ll* listed.
an unusually elegant example of a canal tunnel, with the southern portal designed specifically to be highly decorative as well as functional, at the behest of the owners of Sydney Gardens.
The Kennet & Avon Canal is made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is used to refer to the entire length of the navigation rather than solely to the central canal section. From Bristol to Bath the waterway follows the natural course of the River Avon before the canal links it to the River Kennet at Newbury, and from there to Reading on the River Thames. In all, the waterway incorporates 105 locks.
Sydney Gardens were laid out as commercial pleasure grounds between 1792 and 1794; the initial design was by the architect Thomas Baldwin, who, after he went bankrupt, was replaced by Charles Harcourt Masters in 1794. They were opened on 11 May 1795 as Sydney Gardens Vauxhall, and rapidly became a popular place of entertainment, hosting public breakfasts, promenades and galas. The main building was the Sydney Tavern, which stood at the western end of the central walk, and housed tea and card rooms, a ballroom, coffee room and a public house. In 1799, a section of the Kennet & Avon Canal was cut through the gardens, with the addition of decorative bridges and tunnels, which added to the picturesque appeal of the pleasure grounds; these were insisted upon by the proprietors of Sydney Gardens as part of their agreement with the canal company, which was entered into in 1795. The canal company paid £2,100 and the cost of providing the bridges and tunnels as compensation for the intrusion into the gardens. During the early C19, additional features and structures were introduced, adding variety and surprise in accordance with landscape design principles of the period. From c1839, a section of the Great Western Railway was constructed, cutting through the gardens. Later in the C19, further ornamental structures were introduced, but these were largely cleared away after World War Two. In 1891, when the original 99-year lease of the Gardens expired, the entire site, including the Tavern, by then in use as a college, was sold, with the intention of replacing the former Tavern with a large hotel, and remodelling the grounds. The plan was abandoned and in 1908, the site was purchased by Bath City Council; the gardens were opened to the public as a municipal park in 1913, while the Tavern was remodelled by Sir Reginald Blomfield into the Holburne of Menstrie Museum. The gardens remain in use as a public park.
The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge consists of a series of bridges and tunnels that connect Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai, three major cities on the Pearl River Delta in China.
Taken during this past Christmas 2015 season run of the Shoppers Special Nostalgia Train. A new addition to this year's run were these two cars from the BMT line to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the line. One car was used as a pop-up shop and sold MTA merchandise.
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Le lac Daumesnil est un lac artificiel du Bois de Vincennes, à l'est de Paris, en France. Il fait partie du réseau hydraulique du bois de Vincennes et est alimenté par les eaux de la Seine (initialement, celles de la Marne).
Le lac Daumesnil, qui porte le nom du baron Pierre Daumesnil, comporte deux îles, l'île de Bercy et l'île de Reuilly. Près des berges du lac se trouvent la pagode de Vincennes et le temple bouddhiste tibétain de Kagyu-Dzong.
Vers 1865, la promenade publique du bois de Vincennes s'accrut du parc de Charenton, détaché de la commune voisine de Charenton-le-Pont et qui vint rattacher le bois à la ville de Paris ; c'est dans cette partie que fut creusé ce plan d'eau de 12 hectares.
M/S Bruvik was built in 1949, still active in 2009, and possibly a little later, see www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=984798 Maybe she still exists?
M/S Vestgar was still around in 2010, see; www.vestgar.no/ and; www.norsk-fartoyvern.no/nfff/members/details/154/
In 1967 the harbour was alive with small boats plying their trade to and from the islands and coastal villages. Gradually, more and more bridges and tunnels have been built to connect isolated communities by road, so many of these vessels are no longer required.
When we returned to Norway in 1983 with our car we drove to the island Sotra with ease, the normal type of destination in 1967 for vessels like Vestgar.
Bergen harbour today is so quiet by comparison with what it still was in the 1960's,
MTA Bridges and Tunnels and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection work together to assist falcons that reside atop the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge.
Photo: New York City Department of Environmental Protection / Christopher Nadareski.
A bypass is being constructed to replace the 600 foot long stretch. Beginning in 1958, California began the process to replace Devil's Slide with an inland route over Montara Mountain, known as the Martini Creek Bypass. The bypass bisected a section of McNee Ranch State Park, and was opposed by community and environmental groups. By 1975, 55% of the right-of-way had been acquired, when work on the proposed bypass was abandoned due to public opposition.
Most environmentalists supported a tunnel as a more environmentally sensitive alternative to the Martini Creek Bypass. A short railroad tunnel built in 1908 went through the area, but was destroyed during Prohibition, to keep it from being used by alcohol smugglers. The Sierra Club proposed building a tunnel to bypass the road in 1973. A Caltrans study in 1974 determined that a tunnel would be a viable alternative to the current road or a proposed inland freeway bypass. However, the state dropped the idea in the late 1970s.
A major slide in 1983 brought the problem to the public attention again. In 1985 Caltrans proposed the Martini Creek bypass as the preferred solution. However, the Sierra Club sued to stop construction, as California law requires that Highway 1 be restricted to 2 lanes in rural areas. The 101 foot wide road bed, complete with continuous uphill passing lanes, run-away truck ramps, and extra wide shoulders, would be the widest "2-lane" road in the state. Again the state decided to return to the status quo.
A five month outage caused by a slide in January 1995 again brought public scrutiny to the stretch of highway. In April, Caltrans documents were discovered that showed the agency had intentionally overestimated the costs of a tunnel, to support the freeway bypass. In July, the Federal Highway Administration ordered Caltrans to re-evaluate a tunnel to bypass Devil's Slide. On November 5, 1996, San Mateo County voters approved Measure T by 76%, changing the county's stated preference from construction of the bypass to construction of a tunnel. On November 9, Caltrans changed its position, supporting a bridge and tunnel as the best environmental, economic, and popular alternative to Devil's Slide.
Ground was broken for the new tunnel on May 6, 2005 with the boring of twin 30 foot diameter tunnels started September 17, 2007, and should be completed in 2010. After the Devil's Slide bypass is complete, the old Devil's Slide highway will be converted into a trail for hikers and bikers.
— Wiki
These elegant Chinese style cast iron bridges in Sydney Gardens were designed by John Rennie, who engineered the canal itself and also designed most of the waterway's ornamental bridges and tunnels.
"Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel (German: Alter Elbtunnel (coll.) or St. Pauli Elbtunnel (official name)) which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg, Germany. The 426 m (1,398 ft) long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m (80 ft) beneath the surface, two tubes with 6 m (20 ft) diameter connect central Hamburg with the docks and shipyards on the south side of the river Elbe. This meant a big improvement for tens of thousands of workers in one of the busiest harbors in the world.
Four huge lifts on either side of the tunnel carried pedestrians, carriages and motor vehicles to the bottom. They are still in operation, though due to the limited capacity by today's standards, other bridges and tunnels have been built and taken over most of the traffic.
In 2008 approx 300.000 cars, 63.000 bicycles and 700.000 pedestrians used the tunnel. The tunnel is opened 24 hours for pedestrians and bicycles."
Source: wikipedia.org
China Club - China Club isn’t just another bridge-and-tunnel megaclub. This longtime host to celebrities and high-profile parties is a staple in local nightlife--at least 90% of twenty- and thirty-something New Yorkers have made their way through its gilded gates. Given that, security is no joke, with linebacker-sized guards every 10 feet. After the requisite pat-downs and ID checks, find an ample dance floor where you can bump and grind to hip-hop, pop and reggaeton. The VIP section wraps around the space, housing many-a-B-list celebrities and local regulars being, of course, ultra cool. This isn’t the place to be cheap. The cover is about $20, while a Heineken asks for a whopping $8. The best attraction by far is Jade Terrace on the third floor with an sprawling view of Time Square. While the girl-guy ratio is fairly even and attractive, a night at China Club wouldn’t be complete without some fall-down drunken chick being carried down the stairs or a Long Island beefcake taking off his shirt for a fight. Who says there's no more action in Times Square?
The real squinty bridge is in Glasgow but I quite liked this stone imposter. Unfortunately, due to heading out pretty early in the morning, the sun hadn't reached a point high enough in the sky, meaning that the difference between light and shadow is pretty severe.
I walked under this bridge later on in the day but by then, it was cloudy so the whole thing was under shadow. By late morning, the path was beginning to fill up with people as well, making it hard to get photos without having someone else walk into the scene. This walk is the only one I've ever been on where people haven't had something negative to say about photographing bridges and tunnels. Passers by normally expect me to photographing birds that are flying directly over the sun into a shadowy abyss.
Parent falcon flies near Throgs Neck Bridge. Two baby boys and two baby girl peregrine falcons are banded atop the Bronx tower of the Throgs Neck Bridge. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, commuter rail, and bridge and tunnel systems.
Wrinkley kindly sent this photograph for publication.
Contact and catenary wires have been installed through the bridges and tunnel west of Bolton station and out into the countryside beyond.
Copyright Wrinkley 2018.
New York Triburough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Officer and N.Y. State trooper inspect a license plate on the Verrazano bridge, Staten Island, N.Y., Jan. 10, 2019. The troopers were conducting operation Catch-All, with the support of the National Guard’s Joint Task Force Empire Shield, to check for suspicious looking vehicles coming onto the bridge. (N.Y. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Andrew Valenza)
The White Pass & Yukon Route train passes this bridge-and-tunnel combination at mile 18.8, just before it reaches White Pass Summit.
The journey so far has taken me from sea level to the 865-foot (873 metre) high summit. Built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, this narrow gauge railroad is one of the engineering wonders of the world. It is designated an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark – along with the Panama Canal, the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty.
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The Kennet & Avon canal running through Bath passes under some wonderful bridges and tunnels..
These 2 are near Sydney gardens, one of the garden entrances can be seen just behind the man walking the towpath.
The tunnel was first envisioned in 1903 as a more direct connection to the old Union Station, in the center of Providence. Construction on the tunnel started in May 1906. The tunnel was opened on November 15, 1908. The ownership of the tunnel was transferred to the state of Rhode Island in 1981. The last train passed through shortly after that. Taken from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Side_Railroad_Tunnel"
On 14th Oct 2018, 10000 Hong Kong protesters hold a rally from Causeway Bay to the Central Office, to protest the government 's plan to spend probably 1 trillion Hong Kong dollars to build artificial islands and accompanying bridges and tunnels in the East of Lantau Island.
The former "East Lantau Metropolis project" proposed to reclaim 1000 hectares , has been replaced this week by an even more ambitious project of "Lantau Tomorrow Vision " of reclaiming 1700 hectares to house 1.1million people by the Chief Executive Carrie Lam, preempting the awaited public consultation report by the Task Force on Land Supply.
The protestors worried the project has not considered the risks under extreme weather, will irreversibly damage the environment, burn up the whole fiscal reserve, and deprive the public of the funding for other more important fields like medical , education, and retirement scheme.
Moreover the project , requiring 2 to 3 decades to complete , cannot cater for the immediate housing needs of the general public, as compared to other source of land supply such as the Fanling Golf Course , brownfield sites and buy back farmland from private estate developers for public housing.
大约一萬名市民於十月十四日參與由銅鑼灣至政總的遊行 ,抗議政府計劃用一萬億元填海及興建東大嶼人工島方案。
示威者認為政府的明日大嶼計劃填海1700公頃及其他的橋樑或隧道, 將會對環境造成不可挽回的影響, 亦未有考慮到人工島能否應付極端的天氣, 財政上會用盡香港的儲備, 亦令到沒有足夠財政資源用於醫療、教育及全民退休保障等。
示威者亦不滿政府亦未有等待土地供應小組的咨詢結果便公佈填海作為主要選項。但填海需時20至30年才提供到1.1百萬人的住宅, 相反其他土地供應選項如收回粉嶺哥爾夫球場、粽地、及用官地收回條例收回地產發展商的農地作公營房屋卻能夠比較快提供到房屋。
Saturday services resumed a coup;e of weeks before this visit, even though the station, bridge and tunnel were weeks away from completion.
A pair of Northern Class 150s head northwards (left to right) under Cemetery Road bridge, bound for Bolton then Clitheroe.
The GSM-R apparatus fixed to the far cutting wall gives an idea of the many things which have to be considered when realigning track, over and beyond realigning track.
Taken from private property, by kind invitation.
I found it very difficult to photograph this bus as it was almost always locked behind security fence whenever I had my camera handy - in very poor light with no flash this photo shows this bus taking a lunchbreak winter 1997-98 when used for transporting construction workers to and from the Øresunds bridge and tunnel project.This bus was exported to Poland in 1999 and worked for about 5 more years alongside B10Rs 1228,1230,1236,1237,1239,1240+1271
Wrinkley kindly sent this photograph for publication.
Contact and catenary wires have been installed through the bridges and tunnel west of Bolton station and out into the countryside beyond.
Copyright Wrinkley 2018.
Laid Back Bikes did a recce of this route back in 2012, so I'm bringing the record up to date.
This is of course the skew tied-arch bridge and tunnel by Dalmore Mill on NCN73.
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I think the thing that impressed me most about this wonderful gorge was the way the pathways, steps and bridges enhance the beauty and romance of the place. This was merely a "rest stop" for us on a longer trip and I kind of charged through the place. I would love to go back and spend more time photographing and understanding the incredible engineering feat it was to contrust the wonderful paths and bridges and tunnels that access this wonderland.
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City, coterminous with Kings County, located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the most populous county in the state, the second-most densely populated county in the United States, and New York City's most populous borough, with an estimated 2,648,403 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, it shares a land border with the borough of Queens at the western end of Long Island. Brooklyn has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of Manhattan across the East River, and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connects it with Staten Island.
With a land area of 70.82 square miles (183.4 km2) and water area of 26 square miles (67 km2), Kings County is New York state's fourth-smallest county by land area and third-smallest by total area, though it is the second-largest among the city's five boroughs in terms of area and largest in terms of population. If each borough were ranked as a city, Brooklyn would rank as the third-most populous in the U.S., after Los Angeles and Chicago.
Brooklyn was an independent incorporated city (and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution) until January 1, 1898, when, after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s, according to the new Municipal Charter of "Greater New York", Brooklyn was consolidated with the other cities, boroughs, and counties to form the modern City of New York, surrounding the Upper New York Bay with five constituent boroughs. The borough continues, however, to maintain a distinct culture. Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves. Brooklyn's official motto, displayed on the Borough seal and flag, is Eendraght Maeckt Maght, which translates from early modern Dutch as "Unity makes strength".
In the first decades of the 21st century, Brooklyn has experienced a renaissance as an avant-garde destination for hipsters, with concomitant gentrification, dramatic house price increases and a decrease in housing affordability. Since the 2010s, Brooklyn has evolved into a thriving hub of entrepreneurship, high technology startup firms, postmodern art and design.
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The official plaque that signifies the inclusion of the Fairview Lift Bridge and Cartwright Tunnel to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Fairview Bridge is a former railroad lift bridge built in 1912 across the Yellowstone River about 4 miles east of the Montana/North Dakota border. Built in the twilight of steamboat traffic on the lower Yellowstone, the only time the bridge was ever lifted was in 1913 to make sure the components worked correctly. The rails going over the bridge, though initially intended to form a secondary main line of the Great Northern for over 550 miles between New Rockford, North Dakota and Lewistown, Montana, ultimately never went any farther west than Fairview, Montana nor any farther east than Watford City, North Dakota, a total distance of nearly 40 miles. Trains operated over what became a unique branch line until 1992, when it was completely abandoned.
Due to the steep hills lining the eastern bank of the Yellowstone River in this vicinity, a 1,458-foot long tunnel was built to the east of the lift bridge. This tunnel, named the Cartwright Tunnel in honor of the closest city, was the only one ever built in North Dakota.
Today, both the bridge and tunnel have been turned into major tourist attractions in the Fairview, Montana area. Go to www.midrivers.com/~fairview/bridges.html to find out more information about them.
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Wingfoot, a team built around the 1st Battalion, 101st Cavalry, screen vehicles at points leading to New York City's bridges and tunnels as part of a security augmentation mission which lasted from November 2001 to January 2002 after the initial response to the 9/11 attacks wrapped up.
Goodfellows Christmas Campaign workers at Ferry Landing at the foot of Ouellette Avenue, Windsor, Ontario looking north towards Detroit. 1917
The ferries to Detroit stopped running after the bridge and tunnel were built in 1928.
The former Milwaukee Railroad bridge which crosses Interstate 90 just east of Kittitas, WA.
The Milwaukee Railroad (CMStP&P) Pacific extension opened in 1909, and was abandoned west of Miles City MT at the end of February 1980 following a bankruptcy in December 1977.
This was the largest single abandonment of a railroad in the USA, involving over 1,100 miles.
Although the tracks are long gone there still remains a large amount of the infrastructure scattered along the route, with many bridges and tunnels being the most prominent.
June 2023
On 14th Oct 2018, 10000 Hong Kong protesters hold a rally from Causeway Bay to the Central Office, to protest the government 's plan to spend probably 1 trillion Hong Kong dollars to build artificial islands and accompanying bridges and tunnels in the East of Lantau Island.
The former "East Lantau Metropolis project" proposed to reclaim 1000 hectares , has been replaced this week by an even more ambitious project of "Lantau Tomorrow Vision " of reclaiming 1700 hectares to house 1.1million people by the Chief Executive Carrie Lam, preempting the awaited public consultation report by the Task Force on Land Supply.
The protestors worried the project has not considered the risks under extreme weather, will irreversibly damage the environment, burn up the whole fiscal reserve, and deprive the public of the funding for other more important fields like medical , education, and retirement scheme.
Moreover the project , requiring 2 to 3 decades to complete , cannot cater for the immediate housing needs of the general public, as compared to other source of land supply such as the Fanling Golf Course , brownfield sites and buy back farmland from private estate developers for public housing.
大约一萬名市民於十月十四日參與由銅鑼灣至政總的遊行 ,抗議政府計劃用一萬億元填海及興建東大嶼人工島方案。
示威者認為政府的明日大嶼計劃填海1700公頃及其他的橋樑或隧道, 將會對環境造成不可挽回的影響, 亦未有考慮到人工島能否應付極端的天氣, 財政上會用盡香港的儲備, 亦令到沒有足夠財政資源用於醫療、教育及全民退休保障等。
示威者亦不滿政府亦未有等待土地供應小組的咨詢結果便公佈填海作為主要選項。但填海需時20至30年才提供到1.1百萬人的住宅, 相反其他土地供應選項如收回粉嶺哥爾夫球場、粽地、及用官地收回條例收回地產發展商的農地作公營房屋卻能夠比較快提供到房屋。
On 14th Oct 2018, 10000 Hong Kong protesters hold a rally from Causeway Bay to the Central Office, to protest the government 's plan to spend probably 1 trillion Hong Kong dollars to build artificial islands and accompanying bridges and tunnels in the East of Lantau Island.
The former "East Lantau Metropolis project" proposed to reclaim 1000 hectares , has been replaced this week by an even more ambitious project of "Lantau Tomorrow Vision " of reclaiming 1700 hectares to house 1.1million people by the Chief Executive Carrie Lam, preempting the awaited public consultation report by the Task Force on Land Supply.
The protestors worried the project has not considered the risks under extreme weather, will irreversibly damage the environment, burn up the whole fiscal reserve, and deprive the public of the funding for other more important fields like medical , education, and retirement scheme.
Moreover the project , requiring 2 to 3 decades to complete , cannot cater for the immediate housing needs of the general public, as compared to other source of land supply such as the Fanling Golf Course , brownfield sites and buy back farmland from private estate developers for public housing.
大约一萬名市民於十月十四日參與由銅鑼灣至政總的遊行 ,抗議政府計劃用一萬億元填海及興建東大嶼人工島方案。
示威者認為政府的明日大嶼計劃填海1700公頃及其他的橋樑或隧道, 將會對環境造成不可挽回的影響, 亦未有考慮到人工島能否應付極端的天氣, 財政上會用盡香港的儲備, 亦令到沒有足夠財政資源用於醫療、教育及全民退休保障等。
示威者亦不滿政府亦未有等待土地供應小組的咨詢結果便公佈填海作為主要選項。但填海需時20至30年才提供到1.1百萬人的住宅, 相反其他土地供應選項如收回粉嶺哥爾夫球場、粽地、及用官地收回條例收回地產發展商的農地作公營房屋卻能夠比較快提供到房屋。
I am sure, all of you remember what were they doing when learned what happened on the morning of 09/11/2001.
I was on vacation (at home)...just woke up and was sipping my coffee. My phone rang and it was my 'Mom' telling me to turn on the TV, because a plane hit one of the towers. As I did, I kept thinking: "Gosh, she used to work in tower 2. on the 102nd fl. and she is wheelchair bound...how great that she stopped working!"
As many of us, I watched live as the second building was hit.
I have 3 television sets and all 3 was set at different channels. I was going in circles in my apartment, trying to put the pieces together...calling in to work, to see if they needed me (I am a nurse). Eventually, I put a bag together with enough clothes/scrubs for a couple of days and I was determined that I go to help. I thought, there would be thousands of severely burned and otherwise injured people. But how to get from Queens to Manhattan?? Not by car - bridges and tunnels were closed. Not by train - none was running. I walked to the nearby police precinct and asked an officer if they could take me in to help. I was rejected, so I walked home. Back to in front of the 3 tvs...going in circles...calling...out again...walking...trying to hitch a ride in an ambulance, or police car to no avail.
Finally, around 3PM the trains went back in service. I think, I was on the first #7 train going to the city. Got off at Grand Central and I was walking downtown....determined that I'd help. I went to all the hospitals on my way...and I was rejected.
Relatives have already started to show up with pictures of loved ones.
All of a sudden I saw a tank and military personnel with machine guns on Lexington Ave. My heart stopped a couple of beats. I asked what was going on and if they knew how could I be of any help.
To my biggest surprise, they told me I could stay right there, because they set up a triage area. Though, they also said it may just turn into a morgue as they've not seen one injured person so far.
I stayed there until after 8PM...realizing, the help I could offer was not needed, I went home...and sat in front of the TV all night. I thought...maybe I can somehow make sense if I just keep watching.
It's unbelievable, that 7 years had passed since. I can safely say, that there was not one day I wasn't reminded somehow of that day and I didn't personally know anyone who was lost there. And yes...it's seven years later...and I am yet to make sense of it.
One thing is sure, I will never, ever forget that day and I personally think, no one ever should.
May God bless those who just went to work that day and never made it home, and their friends/relatives.
This is a repost as I am planning to take new ones tonight.
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Wingfoot, a team built around the 1st Battalion, 101st Cavalry, screen vehicles at points leading to New York City's bridges and tunnels as part of a security augmentation mission which lasted from November 2001 to January 2002 after the initial response to the 9/11 attacks wrapped up.