Expanded Programme

The Government announced the launch of the “Universal Accessibility” (UA) Programme in August 2012, we invited members of the public to propose other locations at public walkways1 where they considered lift retrofitting necessary.  Response from the public was overwhelming.  Between August and October 2012, there were suggestions for lift retrofitting at about 250 public walkways.  In the first half of 2013, we invited the 18 District Councils (DCs) to prioritise the new items proposed by the public by which each of the DCs had selected three public walkways for priority implementation (referred to as the “Expanded Programme”).

The 55 priority items under the Expanded Programme have been completed. Details are set out at here. 

 

  • 1. Public walkways refer to public footbridges, elevated walkways and subways maintained by the Highways Department.