MONDAY, JULY 7, 1975
ARGYLE STREET FLYOVER OPENS TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC
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THE ARGYLE STREET FLYOVER WILL BE FULLY OPENED TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AT 10 A.M. THIS WEDNESDAY (JULY 9).
THE 1,600-FOOT LONG ELEVATED ROAD, WHICH COST OVER $20 MILLION TO BUILD, WILL PROVIDE TWO-LANE TRAFFIC FOR WESTBOUND VEHICLES AND ONE LANE FOR EASTBOUND VEHICLES. THE FLYOVER WAS OPENED TO EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON JUNE 10.
WITH THE FULL OPENING OF THIS FLYOVER, MOTORISTS TRAVELLING BETWEEN MONG KOK AND KA TAK AIRPORT OR KWUN TONG AREAS WILL FIND THEIR JOURNEY TIMES REDUCED AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE JUNCTIONS OF ARGYLE STREET, WATERLOO ROAD AND PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD WILL BE GREATLY RELIEVED.
ON APPROACHING THE NEW FLYOVER, MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SELECT THE CORRECT LANE IN GOOD TIME, AND TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION WHILE LEAVING THE FLYOVER AS THERE WILL BE MERGING TRAFFIC FROM THE LEFT AT GROUND LEVEL.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
RESERVOIRS 97.7 PER CENT FULL ******
HONG KONG'S WATER STORAGE STOOD AT 65,744 MILLION GALLONS AS AT 9 A.M. THIS (MONDAY) MORNING, REPRESENTING 97.7 PER CENT OF THE FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS.
TODAY'S STORAGE COMPARES WITH 39,659 MILLION GALLONS ON
THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR.
PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR HELD 50,395 MILLION GALLONS
PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY
GALLONS ON JULY 7 LAST YEAR.
99.8
COMPARED WITH 30,188 MILLION
A TOTAL OF 5.4 MM (0.21 IN) OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY.
THE TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR AMOUNTS TO 1,660.7 MM (65.38 IN). THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL THIS YEAR IS 1,048.7 MM (41.29 IN).
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