WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1975
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ROAD TO BECOME PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE
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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO TURN LAI CHI KOK BEACH ROAD INTO A PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE SOON BY CLOSING IT TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS IS DONE, ONLY VEHICLES ON EMERGENCY CALLS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE ROAD.
PLANS FOR IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES ALONG THE ROAD SUCH AS BY PLANTING FLOWERS - ARE ALSO BEING CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND INTERESTED PRIVATE BODIES. THIS ROAD ADJOINS THE LARGE MEI FOG SUN CHIEN HOUSING ESTATE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THE CLOSURE SCHEME WILL HAVE THE ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE OF IMPROVING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT THE ROUNDABOUT-TYPE JUNCTION OF THE LAI CHI KOK INTERCHANGE ADJOINING LAI GHI KOK BEACH ROAD.
HE SAID THAT WHEN LAI CHI KOK BEACH ROAD IS CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, MEI LAI ROAD WHICH LINKS THE ROTARY JUNCTION WITH LAI WAN ROAD ON THE NORTH OF MEL FOO SUN CHUEN STAGE V AND VI WILL SERVE AS THE MAIN ACCESS INTO THE AREA NORTH OF MEI FOO SUN CHUEN AND KAU WAH KENG.
ALL VEHICLES NOW USING LAI CHI KOK BEACH ROAD WILL THEN DE DIVERTED TO MEI LAI ROAD, NO MATTER WHETHER THEY ARE COMING FROM KWAI CHUNG OR KOWLOON.
BUS STOPS WHICH ARE NOW LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF LAI CHI KOK BEACH ROAD WILL BE RESITED AT NEW POSITIONS ALONG MEI LAI ROAD,
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE NEED OF RESIDENTS AND SHOPKEEPERS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE ACCESS ROAD TO THEIR PREMISES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LAF CHI KOK BEACH ROAD HAS BEEN GIVEN DUE CONSIDERATION.
HE SAID THAT NASSAU STREET, WHICH BUNS ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THIS PART OF MET FOO SUN CHUEM FROM MEI LAI ROAD TO LAI WAN ROAD, PROVIDES AN EASY ACCESS INTO THE SERVICE ROADS IN THE ESTATE, ALL THE PREMISES ON THE NORTH OF LAT CHE KOK BEACH ROAD ARE ACCESSIBLE BY THESE SERVICE ROADS.
EXPLAINING THE NEED TO MAKE LAI CHI KOK BEACH ROAD FREE FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT EXPERIENCE HAD SHOWN THAT THE ROAD NO LONGER SERVES A USEFUL TRAFFIC FUNCTION FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF MET LAI ROAD TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
HE ADDED THAT THERE HAD BEEN EVIDENCE THAT THE CONTINUED USE OF THE ROAD BY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AFFECTED THE SMOOTH OPERATION OF THE ROTARY JUNCTION ARRANGEMENT AT THE LAI CUI KOK INTERCHANGE.
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