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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1974
THREE MORE BOX JUNCTIONS
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BOX JUNCTIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 29) AT THREE BUSY ROAD JUNCTIONS ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW, PARTICULARLY DURING PEAK HOURS,
THESE ARE THE JUNCTIONS OF GARDEN ROAD AND QUEENSWAY IN CENTRAL, HENNESSY ROAD AND PERCIVAL STREET IN WAN CHAI, AND DES VOEUX ROAD WEST AND WESTERN STREET IN WESTERN DISTRICT.
BOX JUNCTIONS ARE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE BY YELLOW CRISS-CROSS MARKINGS PAINTED ON THE ROAD SURFACE AND BY WARNING SIGNS.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REMINDED MOTORISTS THAT WIEN A BOX JUNCTION IS CREATED, IT IS AN OFFENCE FOR A MOTORIST TO DRIVE INTO THE MARKED AREA UNLESS HE CAN IMMEDIATELY CLEAR THE ENTIRE JUNCTION:
IF HIS EXIT FROM THE JUNCTION IS BLOCKED, THEN THE MOTORIST MUST WAIT EVEN IF THE GREEN TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS SHOWING.
THE OBJECT, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED, IS TO PREVENT ROAD JUNCTIONS BEING BLOCKED IN ALL DIRECTIONS BY VEHICLES WHICH CANNOT GET OUT OF THE JUNCTIONS DURING A GREEN PHASE OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WHICH CONTROL TRAFFIC APPROACHING THE JUNCTIONS.
HE SAID A NUMBER OF BOX JUNCTIONS WERE ALREADY IN OPERATION ELSEWHERE IN HONG KONG AND HAD PROVED SUCCESSFUL. MORE WILL BE INTRODUCED WHEREVER THEY ARE CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW, HE ADDED.
TEMPORARY WATER CUT IN MONG KOK ******
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN MONG KOK WILL BE INTERRUPTED FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 AM ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 29) TO FACILITATE A TEST FOR LEAKAGE IN THE AREA.
AFFECTED WILL BE PREMISES BOUNDED BY YIM PO FONG STREET, WATERLOO ROAD, DUNDAS STREET, NATHAN ROAD AND SOY STREET.
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