SHANGHAI: Plans for a tall tower at the renowned West Lake scenic spot that were shelved(搁置) two years ago for exceeding the height limit were recently brought up again — with the building’s design still taller ___ is allowed.
The latest blueprint for the property，___ display in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, shows a 48-meter tower that will contain ___ five-star hotel boasting views of the lake. This replaces the 85-meter building ___(propose) two years ago.
But the new tower still exceeds the height limit of 25 meters as dictated in Hangzhou’ s plan for buildings within the West Lake scenic spot，____ was developed to “better protect the landscape and flavor of the world-famous scenic site”．
The developer, Kerry Property, declined __ (comment) yesterday.
Staff from Hangzhou’s municipal urban planning bureau said ____ had not received any ____(apply) from the developer, which means the project has not yet been approved by the authorities.
“The newly proposed height is still too high for the West Lake area. The developer should take the interests of the whole region ____ consideration，” Zhou Fuduo, a city-planning professor from Zhejiang University, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
The developer said the additional stories_ ___ (need) to make more profits, he said.