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I’ve always wondered why the government insists on an underground Central-Wanchai Bypass, instead of underwater so that no ground need to be created for it to go under.

Apparently Swire Properties think so too, and they’re now saying it’s technically feasible to have it underwater. Their alternative proposal is actually pretty reasonable and one that I’d like to see implemented. Normally I don’t advocate for yet more road-building and want to see public transport improved instead, but in this case I can see why the Bypass is needed (public transport already stretched to its limits, no alternative road for people not wanting to go into Central, etc.)—the arguments have already been rehashed to death.

The other question is, why is Swire doing this even though the government will probably ignore them, just as they did with Swire’s West Kowloon proposal? Is it all marketing? Or could it be that they are smart enough to see the value that improving Hong Kong’s liveability brings to them?