SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1978
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR HO MAN TIN AND KOWLOON TONG IN PREPARATION FOR SHA TIN RACES
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NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE TRAFFIC SITUATION IN HO MAN TIN AND KOWLOON TONG WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
IN STAGES IN THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS IN PREPARATION FOR THE START OF THE RACING SEASON AT SHA TIN,
THE FIRST STAGE, WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE COMING WEEK INVOLVES THE BANNING OF RIGHT TURNS FROM WATERLOO ROAD SOUTHBOUND INTO ESSEX CRESCENT.
INSTEAD, MOTORISTS WILL HAVE TO DO A G-TURN VIA DURHAM ROAD, CAMBRIDGE ROAD AND LANCASHIRE ROAD OR PROCEED ALONG WATERLOO ROAD AND U-TURN UNDER THE FLYOVER NEAR BOUNDARY STREET.
THE RIGHT TURN FROM PERTH STREET INTO PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD NORTHBOUND WILL ALSO BE BANNED. THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE WILL BE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD SOUTHBOUND, HO MAN TIN INTERCHANGE, PUI CHING ROAD AND WATERLOO ROAD NORTHBOUND.
IN THE SECOND STAGE, WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED DURING THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, NORTHBOUND VEHICLES ON PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE TRAFFIC LANE BEFORE REACHING PRINCE EDWARD ROAD FLYOVER.
MOTORISTS WISHING TO GO TO THE MONG KOK AREA FROM PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD WILL HAVE TO USE THE GROUND LEVEL ROAD. AT THE SAME TIME, SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES TURNING LEFT FROM PRINCE EDWARD ROAD INTO WATERLOO ROAD AND VEHICLES EMERGING FROM THE U-TURN LOOP UNDER PRINCE EDWARD ROAD FLYOVER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER. THEY WILL HAVE TO PROCEED ALONG THE GROUND LEVEL ROAD.
DURING THE THIRD STAGE, TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, THE GROUND LEVEL JUNCTION OF PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, ARGYLE STREET AND WATERLOO ROAD WILL BE MODIFIED TO IMPROVE THE NORTHBOUND CAPACITY ALONG PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD TO WATERLOO ROAD.
NO VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT FROM WATERLOO ROAD SOUTHBOUND INTO THE WESTERN SECTION OF ARGYLE STREET AND WATERLOO ROAD.
THE WESTERNMOST LANE OF WATERLOO ROAD SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN THE LOOP ROAD UNDERNEATH THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER AND THE JUNCTION OF WATERLOO ROAD AND ARGYLE STREET WILL BE DESIGNATED A +BUS ONLY+ LANE.
IN THE FOURTH AND FINAL STAGE, TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER, MOTORISTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT FROM WATERLOO ROAD NORTHBOUND INTO JUNCTION ROAD.
THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE WILL BE VIA HEREFORD ROAD, RENFREW ROAD AND JUNCTION ROAD.
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