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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1978
MTR TAFFIC RE-ROUTING IN SHAM SHUI PO
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT FROM 10 A.M. TOMORROW (FRIDAY) A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE SHAM SHUI PO AREA TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATIONS AND TUNNELS ALONG CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD.
PEI HO STREET BETWEEN APLIU STREET AND CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC, AND THE SOUTH SECTION OF PEI HO STREET AT ITS JUNCTION WITH CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD WILL BE CLOSED.
VEHICLES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN LEFT INTO CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD FROM PEI HO STREET.
FURTHERMORE, KWEILIN STREET BETWEEN CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD AND APLIU STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC, AND THE SOUTH SECTION OF KWEIL IN STREET AT ITS JUNCTION WITH CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD WILL BE CLOSED.
THE LEFT TURNING MOVEMENT FROM CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD INTO KWEIL IN STREET WILL BE CANCELLED AND ENTRY INTO THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD WILL BE FROM APLIU STREET.
MEANWHILE, THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC IN NAM CHEONG STREET WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM TURNING RIGHT INTO CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD, AND THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC IN NAM CHEONG STREET WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM TURNING LEFT INTO CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP IN THE AREA TO GUIDE THE MOTORISTS.
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