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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1975
MORE PLB STANDS IN CAUSEWAY BAY
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY DISCUSSED ARRANGEMENTS FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STANDS AT A CONSULTATIVE MEETING WITH HONG KONG ISLAND PLB REPRESENTATIVES IN CONNECTION WITH A PROPOSED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME FOR THE BUSY CAUSEWAY BAY AREA.
THE PROPOSED SCHEME AIMS AT SPEEDING UP TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA AND MAINLY INVOLVES A PEAK-HOUR BAN ON ALL VEHICLES - EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES AND TRAMS FROM STOPPING ALONG CERTAIN BUSY ROADS TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS OR GOODS.
IT IS FELT THAT THESE KERBSIDE STOPPING ACTIVITIES CONTRIBUTE TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION, PARTICULARLY ON HEAVILY USED ROADS..
PROVISION OF STANDS IN CAUSEWAY BAY TO FACILITATE PLB OPERATIONS WAS DISCUSSED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING. PLB REPRESENTATIVES HAVE ACCEPTED THE SCHEME REALISING IT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL IN EASING TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
THEY ARE PUTTING FORWARD SUGGESTIONS FOR MORE PLB STANDS IN ADDITION TO TWO ALREADY PLANNED FOR THEM. THESE TWO ARE AT LOCKHART ROAD NEAR EAST POINT ROAD AND AT JARDINE'S BAZAAR NEAR KAI CHIU ROAD.
AT TODAY'S MEETING, CHAIRED BY CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER MR. PETER MILLER, IT WAS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE THAT ADDITIONAL PLB STANDS WOULD BE PROVIDED AT THE METERED CAR PARK SITE ADJACENT TO THE EX-ROXY THEATRE SITE, AND AT O'BRIEN AND LOCKHART ROADS.
THESE ADDITIONAL STANDS WOULD ENABLE PLB DRIVERS TO OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY ONCE THE PROPOSED SCHEME COMES INTO OPERATION.
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DETAILS OF THE SCHEME HAVE YET TO BE FINALISED BETWEEN THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED, AND THE SCHEME IS EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED IN SEVERAL MONTHS’ TIME.
INITIAL PROPOSALS UNDER THE SCHEME INCLUDE RESTRICTING KERBSIDE STOPPING ACTIVITIES BY ALL VEHICLES, INCLUDING PLBS, ON SECTIONS OF HENNESSY ROAD, YEE WO STREET, CAUSEWAY ROAD, KING'S ROAD, PERCIVAL STREET AND LEIGHTON ROAD DURING PEAK HOURS FROM 7 A.M. TO 10 A.M. AND FROM 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE PROPOSALS OF BANNING SIMILAR STOPPING ACTIVITIES BY PLBS ON THE SHORT SECTIONS OF EAST POINT ROAD, AND PATERSON STREET FROM 7 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT, AS WELL AS PROHIBITING ENTRY BY PLBS INTO SUGAR STREET AND THE SHORT SECTION OF YEE WO STREET BETWEEN HENNESSY COUD UND PATERSON STREET.
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