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THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1976
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN SHEK KIP ME I
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NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ARE TO BE INTRODUCED THIS WEEKEND IN SHEK KIP ME! TO INCREASE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND IMPROVE BUS OPERATION.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS WITH PEDESTRIAN PHASES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON NAM CHEONG STREET AT THE JUNCTIONS WITH BERWICK STREET AND WOH CHAI STREET.
WHEN THESE COME INTO OPERATION AT 10 A.M. ON SATURDAY (APRIL 3) A CONTRAFLOW "BUS-ONLY' LANE WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED ALONG THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF NAM CHEONG STREET BETWEEN BERWICK STREET AND TAI PO ROAD.
ALL MOTOR VEHICLES OTHER THAN FRANCHISED BUSES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THE BUS-ONLY LANE FROM 7 A.M. TO 11 P.M. DAILY. HOWEVER, VEHICLES TRAVELLING IN YIU TUNG STREET WILL BE ALLOWED TO CROSS THE BUS-ONLY LANE TO ENTER THE NORTH-BOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF NAM CHEONG STREET.
FRANCHISED BUSES WILL ENTER THE SOUTHBOUND BUS LANE FROM NAM CHEONG STREET AT THE JUNCTION WITH BERWICK STREET.
NO TRAFFIC WILL BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT FROM BERWICK STREET INTO NAM CHEONG STREET SOUTHBOUND OR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRANCHISED BUSES, TRAVEL SOUTH-BOUND" IN NAM CHEONG STREET ACROSS BERWICK STREET AT ANY TIME AS THERE IS A COMPULSORY EASTBOUND LEFT-TURN INTO BERWICK STREET APART FROM FRANCHISED BUSES,
NO VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF NAM CHEONG STREET BETWEEN TAI PO ROAD AND UN CHAU STREET AT ANY TIME APART FROM FRANCHISED BUSES AND VEHICLES ENTERING FROM THE ADJOINING PETROL STATION,
ALSO YIU TUNG STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY TO ONE-WAY WESTBOUND AND THE FOLLOWING MOVEMENTS BY ALL MOTOR VEHICLES WILL BE BANNED: LEFT TURN FROM YIU TUNG STREET INTO NAM CHEONG STREET- RIGHT TURN INTO NAM CHEONG STREET OR STRAIGHT THROUGH ACROSS NAM CHEONG STREET FROM THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF WOH CHAI STREET- LEFT TURN INTO NAM CHEONG STREET FROM THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF TAI PO ROAD- AND RIGHT TURN FROM THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF NAM CHEONG STREET INTO BERWICK STREET.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL ERECTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS IN THE AREA.
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