Thursday, December 21, 1972
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN KOWLOON
Effective On Saturday
A series of new traffic arrangements will be introduced in Mong
Kok and Hung Hom from 10 a.. on Saturday (December 23).
In Mong Kok, the section of Nelson Street from Yim Po Fong Street
to Sai Yee Street will become one-way westbound, and the section of Shantung
Street from Sai Yee Street to Yin Po Fong Street will become one-way east-
bound.
The section of Fuk Lee Street between Man On Street and Tai Kok
Tsui Road will become two-way to improve traffic circulation.
At the same time, the ban on lorries over two tons travelling uphill
on the section of Tai Po Road between its junctions with Ching Cheung Road and
Caldecott Road will be lifted.
A department spokesman said today: "Road works at the Kowloon end
of the Lion Rock Tunnel, which is the alternative route to the New Territories
for heavy lorries, make it desirable to relax the ban."
The ban was imposed in November last year to relieve traffic con-
gestion caused by slow-moving heavy lorries moving uphill.
There will also be a number of re-routings in Hung Hom to improve
traffic flow.
Cooke Street from Gillies Avenue to the former section of Chatham
Road and Winslow Street from Gillies Avenue to Lo Lung Hang Street will become
routed one-way northbound.
/Baker Street