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SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1976.
TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS IN CENTRAL TO BE IMPLEMENTED ON WEDNESDAY
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A number of traffic diversions will be implemented in Central
District on Wednesday, April 7, to facilitate the construction of the
Mass Transit Railway stations.
Jackson Road will be closed to traffic between Des Voeux Road
Central and Chater Road, and will become part of the MTR works area.
To compensate for the loss of Jackson Road, a right turn from
Garden Road into Queensway will be provided. The right turn from Murray
Road into Queensway will be prohibited.
The width of the carriageway in Chater Road will be reduced
to seven metres, that is, two lanes of traffic, over most of its length
to facilitate the construction of Chater Station.
All traffic, except franchised buses, will be prohibited from
travelling westbound along Des Voeux Road Central between Bank Lane and
Queen Victoria Street. Diverted traffic will use Queen's Road Central,
Similarly, present traffic restrictions, except franchised
buses, on the section of Des Voeux Road Central eastbound between Pedder
Street and Queensway will be maintained.
Eastbound and westbound trams and buses will be maintained
through the works area at the Doe Voeux Road Central/Pedder Street
junction by means of temporary ramps and decking to a height of about
0.8 metre.
The tram tracks and temporary decking will be realigned from
time to time to facilitate the construction of Pedder Station.
Pedder Street traffic will be maintained by ramping up at the
junction to the elevated tram decking.
The eastbound