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SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1973
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN LAI CHI KOK AND HAPPY -VALLEY
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE EASTBOUND SLIP ROAD LEADING FROM KWAI CHUNG ROAD TO LAI CHI KOK BEACH ROAD AT MEI FOO SUN CHUEN WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM 8.30 A.M. ON TUESDAY (MAY 2) TO 5.40 A.M. ON THURSDAY (MAY 4) AND BETWEEN 1 A.M. AND 5.40 A.M. DAILY FROM MAY 5 TO 9.
THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE TO FACILITATE THE DIVERSION OF TELEPHONE CABLES PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAI WAN MTR STATION,
DURING THE CLOSURE PERIODS, EASTEOUND TRAFFIC ON KWAI CHUNG ROAD HEADING FOR LAI CHI KOK BEACH ROAD SHOULD USE LAI CHI KOK ROAD, CHEUNG LAI STREET, CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD TO REJOIN LAI CHI KOK BEACH ROAD VIA THE UNNAMED ROAD BETWEEN MEI FOO SUN CHUEN AND THE LAI CHI KOK (BRIDGE) BUS TERMINUS.
THE BUS STOP IN THE LAY-BYE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIP ROAD USED BY KMB ROUTES 30, 33, 33A, 330, 330, 35A, 36A, 37, 37A, 40, 44A, 45, 50 AND 250 WILL BE SUSPENDED DURING THE CLOSURE PERIODS. A TEMPORARY BUS STOP WILL BE PROVIDED ABOUT 150 METRES WEST OF THE EXISTING BUS STOP.
KMB ROUTE NO.44 BUSES ON EASTBOUND JOURNEYS WILL BE DIVERTED VIA LAI CHI KOK ROAD, CHEUNG LAI STREET, CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD AND AN UNNMAED ROAD TO TERMINATE AT THE LAI CHI KOK (BRIDGE) BUS TERMINUS.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS,
MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO PLANS TO OPEN BLACK'S LINK AS A RELIEF ROUTE FOR PRIVATE CARS AND TAXIS TRAVELLING FROM WONG NAI CHUNG GAP TO WAN CHAI GAP TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE STUBBS ROAD ROUNDABOUT.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS ARE NOW BEING SET UP IN THE AREA AND ONCE THE WORK IS COMPLETED, BLACK'S LINK WILL BE OPENED TO RESTRICTED TRAFFIC FROM 7 A.M. TO 13 A.M. FROM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS. VEHICLES OF OVER 2,500 C.C. WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE THIS ROUTE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ADVISED NOTORISTS TO DRIVE WITH UTMOST CARE WHEN BLACK'S LAKE IS OPEN TO TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE ROUTE IS STILL VERY MARROW DESPITE THE COMPLETION OF RECENT IMPROVEMENT WORKS WHICH INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NUMBER OF PASSING BAYS AND CONCRETE MARGINS.
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