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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1977
ROADS TO ROUNDABOUTS WILL HAVE
+GIVE WAY+ SIGNS SOON ******
THE ROAD TRAFFIC (ROADS AND SIGNS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1977 ARE TO BE AMENDED TO ALLOW THE USE OF +GIVE WAY+ SIGNS ON APPROACH ROADS TO ROUNDABOUTS, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON, DAVID MCDONALD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM REV. THE HON. JOYCE M. BENNETT, MR. MCDONALD SAID THAT THE AMENDMENT WAS BEING PREPARED AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE ENACTED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AT PRESENT, HE SAID, +GIVE WAY+ SIGNS WERE NOT USED ON THE APPROACH ROADS TO ROUNDABOUTS AS UNDER EXISTING REGULATIONS THEY WOULD HAVE NO LEGAL SIGNIFICANCE.
+HOWEVER, IT IS NOT INTENDED THAT GIVE WAY' SIGNS BE ERECTED ON ALL ROUNDABOUTS AS TO DO SO WOULD CREATE SERIOUS TRAFFIC DELAYS ON SOME APPROACH ROADS BECAUSE OF ONE DOMINANT TRAFFIC STREAM CLAIMING AND RETAINING THE RIGHT OF WAY, HE SAID.
EACH SITE, HE POINTED OUT, WOULD BE EXAMINED TO ENSURE THAT THE ERECTION OF THE SIGNS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL ON BOTH TRAFFIC AND SAFETY GROUNDS.
STREET LIGHTING IN SHA TAU KOK
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THE SECTION OF ROAD BETWEEN SHA TAU KOK AND THE RESTRICTED AREA CHECK POINT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED WITH STREET LIGHTING, THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SAID TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR. THE HON. HENRY HU AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. MCDONALD SAID INSTALLATION WORKS FOR LIGHTING TO ANOTHER SECTION OF THE ROAD BETWEEN LUEN WO MARKET AND LOI TUNG WOULD COMMENCE IN APRIL NEXT YEAR.
HOWEVER, HE SAID THAT THE CURRENT STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMME DID NOT ALLOW FOR THE INSTALLATION OF LIGHT TO THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF THE ROAD.
+PROPOSALS FOR NEW CR IMPROVED STREET LIGHTING ARE CONSIDERED BY A VETTING COMMITTEE WHICH DETERMINES PRIORITIES AND PREPARES SUBMISSIONS FOR APPROVAL BY THE PUBLIC WORKS SUE-COMMITTEE,+ HE EXPLAINED.
+TO DATE NO PROPOSAL FOR LIGHTING OF THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF THE SHA TAU KOK/FANLING ROAD HAS BEEN MADE.+
MR. MCDONALD SAID THAT SINCE DR. HU HAD RAISED THE MATTER IT WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE VETTING COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR INCLUSION IN THE STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMME.
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