TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1975
THREE NEW PLB STANDS IN KWUN TONG
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THREE ALTERNATIVE STANDS IN KWUN TONG WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED FOR USE BY PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES ON FRIDAY (JUNE 27) TO REPLACE ONE WHICH IS TO BE CLOSED ON THE SAME DAY, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR SOME TIME PRIOR TO A MEETING THIS MORNING WITH FOUR PLB REPRESENTATIVES IN WHICH THEY ASKED FOR MORE ALTERNATIVE STANDS ADDITIONAL TO THE THREE ALREADY PLANNED, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE THREE NEW STANDS, WITH SPACES FOR 40 PLBS, ARE LOCATED IN CENTRAL KWUN TONG AND WILL REPLACE THE ONE, WITH ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF SPACES, ON KWUN TONG ROAD EAST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH TUNG YAN STREET, HE SAID.
THIS KWUN TONG ROAD PLB STAND WILL BE CLOSED IN ORDER TO ENABLE WIDENING WORKS ON KWUN TONG ROAD TO BE CARRIED OUT, HE ADDED.
AT TODAY'S MEETING, THE PLB REPRESENTATIVES PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS FOR ADDITIONAL STANDS WHICH WOULD BE CAREFULLY EXAMINED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT PROVISION OF THE THREE ALTERNATIVE STANDS ALREADY ARRANGED WAS TO ENABLE PLB DRIVERS TO CONTINUE OPERATING WITH SUFFICIENT FACILITIES FOR PICKING UP AND SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS AT CONVENIENT SITES.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED, WHILE DISCUSSING THE CLOSURE OF THE KWUN TONG ROAD PLB STAND, HAVE BEEN WELL AWARE OF THE NEED FOR ALTERNATIVE STANDS ALTHOUGH THE BUSY TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN KWUN TONG HAVE NOT LEFT MANY SUITABLE SITES FOR CONSIDERATION.
AFTER CAREFUL STUDY AND SITE VISITS, HE SAID, LOCATIONS FOR THE THREE ALTERNATIVE STANDS HAVE BEEN FOUND WHICH WILL BE CONVENIENT BOTH TO PASSENGERS AND PLB OPERATORS WHILE OTHER TRAFFIC IS UNLIKELY TO BE AFFECTED.
THESE SITES HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF ENABLING PLBS TO OPERATE WITH LITTLE INTERFERENCE WITH OTHER VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, HE SAID.
THE THREE STANDS WILL BE AT THE FORMER METERED CAR PARK BEHIND NOS. 70-84 FU YAN STREET- THE LAY-BYE ON THE WEST SIDE OF FU YAN STREET OUTSIDE NOS. 10-38- AND IN YUET WAH STREET NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH HIP WO STREET. TRAFFIC SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED AT THESE SITES PENDING THEIR OFFICIAL OPENING TO PLB USE ON FRIDAY.
THE CLOSING OF THE XWUN TONG ROAD PLB STAND AND ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS WITH PLB OPERATORS AND WERE GENERALLY ACCEPTED.
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