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Friday, February 15, 1974
NOW IT'S MINI-ROUNDABOUTS
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First it was mini-skirts, then mini-buses. Now the traffic
experts in Hong Kong are to introduce an experimental mini-roundabout.
This new road system will come into force at the junction of
Tai Po Road and Ching Cheung Road next Wednesday (February 20).
It is all part of the major traffic diversions necessary to
facilitate the construction of the $8 million Piper's Hill Interchange
which forms part of the Kowloon Foothills Road Corridor (Route 4).
The central island of the "mini-roundabout" will have a diameter
of only 14 feet. However, the system has been designed in such a way.
that the configuration of the junction can be adjusted quickly, if necessary,
to suit traffic conditions.
A spokesman for the Transport Department said today that to
make the system work efficiently it is essential that motorists approaching
the junction give way to traffic on their right.
"If all motorists strictly observe this priority system the new
roundabout will operate with minimal delays; on the other hand, if the
priority system is ignored then it is probable that cevere congestion
and long, delays will occur."
Because of this, the spokesman said, it is in the motorists own
interests to observe the priority (and direction) signs which will be in
position. The Police will also be on hand for the first few days to assist
and advise motorists.
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