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Wednesday, September 20, 1972
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL
A series of special traffic arrangements will be imposed in the Peak
area during the Mid-Autumn Festival in view of the limited parking facilities.
Private car and motor cycle parking spaces at the upper and lower
Peak Tran terminus car parks will be suspended with effect from 10 a.m. on
Thursday (September 21) until 2 a.m. on Monday (September 25).
During this period, only buses, public light buses and taxis will
be allowed to wait in these car parks.
At the same time only residents' vehicles will be allowed to enter
Mount Austin Road from Peak Road.
Traffic proceeding to and from the Peak area will be diverted from
Peak Road into the upper tram terminus car park as and when required by police
officers.
The Transport Department also warned that traffic in Peak Road and
Magazeine Gap Road may be diverted at any time during the Mid-Autumn Festival
period.
notice.
Illegally parked vehicles may be removed by the police without prior
The Department also announced today that the section of Severn Road
between the junction with Plantation Road and the access road to House No. 8 will
be re-opened to traffic on Friday. The road had been closed as a result of
the June rainstorma,
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