Relationship to Committed Transport Schemes
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There are a number of major road schemes under construction or planned that will have a significant effect on travel
conditions in the corridor. As with all road schemes of
this nature the exact effect will depend on the management
policies used to regulate the growth of traffic and the
extent to which the relative priority on existing streets is
given over to public transport, access requirements and
pedestrians.
These
The Aberdeen Tunnel and the Connaught Road Improvements will provide an apportunity to significantly change the traffic
conditions and the priority given to through traffic, public transport, access and pedestrians in Des Voeux Road West
and the western end of Des Voeux Road Central.
effects will increase in significance between 1980 and 1982
with further possible improvements in Connaught Road in
1983 and 1984. In the east the Island Eastern Corridor
project offers a significant increase in road capacity and
an easing of existing conditions by the mid eighties.
These road projects are also necessary for the major tunnel
schemes such as the MTR Island Line and can be used to serve
public transport directly in the form of express buses and
also to improve the reliability and performance of surface
public transport on the existing roads. The extent of this
improvement varies along the corridor and in any ease will depend upon the success of other policies. The significant
point is that there do appear to be options available other than a complete tunnel system for improving the level of public transport service in the medium term. Whether they
are sufficient in the longer term is much more difficult to judge.
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