Highways Department
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| File:Highways Department hong kong logo.png | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1986 |
| Headquarters | Ho Man Tin Government Offices, 88 Chung Hau Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon |
| Employees | 2 510 (Mar 2022)[1] |
| Annual budget | HK$4,270 million (2022-23 FY)[1] |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 路政署 | ||||||||||||
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Highways Department is a department of the Hong Kong Government responsible for developing Hong Kong's road and railway network as well as road maintenance.
History
The department was previously an office within the former Civil Engineering Department and became an independent department on 1 June 1986 due to the increasingly complex road network in Hong Kong.[3]
In 2024, it launched street signs with a new font to "infuse a strong cultural atmosphere into the community's landscape" to support the government's Task Force on District Governance, with the new font drawing criticism.[4]
See also
- Civil Engineering and Development Department
- Transport Department
- Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System
References
- ^ a b "Estimates for the year ending 31 March 2023". 2022-23 Budget.
- ^ "Senior appointments". 19 Dec 2018.
- ^ Organization
- ^ Grundy, Tom (2024-02-05). "'No plans' to expand HK's 'beautified' street signs, amid complaints". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- Bibliography
- Ho, Pui-yin (2008). Ways to Urbanisation: Post-War Road Development in Hong Kong. Aberdeen, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.