Question:
Question No. 6
Reply to Question by Hon. CHENG Hon-kwan in Legislative Council on 20.11.85
In view of the traffic congestion at the Lion Rock Tunnel and the Aberdeen Tunnel during the peak hours, has the Government ever considered operating a warning signal at the entrance to the tunnel area as necessary to divert traffic to an alternative route before being jammed in the queue?
Secretary for Transport
Sir,
considered.
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Yes, this is something which has been
However, current traffic conditions at
the Aberdeen Tunnel are not such as to warrant the
use of warning signals, and in the case of the Lion
Rock Tunnel there are practical problems which mean
ཐ that the use of such signals would not help. If
signals were to be used they would have to be
placed so far back from the tunnel, particularly
on the Shatin side coming southbound, in order to
enable drivers to take an alternative route, that
they might well not reflect the actual traffic
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situation at the tunnel by the time a vehicle reached
it. In any case, the Tai Po Road, which is the only
alternative route to Lion Rock Tunnel, is already
being used to capacity during peak periods. Warning
signals would I'm afraid be of little use to motorists.