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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1978
FINAL STAGE OF TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN
HO MAN TIN AND KOWLOON TONG
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THE FOURTH AND FINAL STAGE TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN HO MAN TIN AND KOWLOON TONG DURING RACING AT SHA TIN WILL COME INTO EFFECT FROM 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 6).
IN THIS STAGE, ALL MOTOR VEHICLES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT FROM WATERLOO ROAD INTO JUNCTION ROAD. INSTEAD, THEY SHOULD USE THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE VIA HEREFORD ROAD AND RENFREW ROAD.
AT THE SAME TIME, LEARNER DRIVERS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING AND PRACTISING DRIVING IN RENFREW ROAD BETWEEN HEREFORD ROAD AND JUNCTION ROAD HEREFORD ROAD BETWEEN WATERLOO ROAD AND LA SALLE ROAD- OXFORD ROAD BETWEEN HEREFORD ROAD TO WILTSHIRE ROAD- CAMBRIDGE ROAD BETWEEN HEREFORD ROAD AND WILTSHIRE ROAD- LA SALLE ROAD BETWEEN DURHAM ROAD AND HEREFORD ROAD THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGE- WAY OF THE WATERLOO ROAD SECTION FROM DORSET CRESCENT TO CORNWALL STREET AND THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF THE CORNWALL STREET SECTION FROM WATERLOO ROAD TO DEVON ROAD.
ALL THE PARKING SPACES IN HEREFORD ROAD BETWEEN WATERLOO ROAD AND OXFORD ROAD WILL BE CANCELLED.
THE HEREFORD ROAD SECTION BETWEEN WATERLOO ROAD AND RENFREW ROAD WILL BE ROUTED ONE-WAY EASTBOUND.
BUS ROUTE NOS. 30, 7A, 70 AND 103 WILL BE DIVERTED AT THE JUNCTION OF WATERLOO ROAD AND HEREFORD ROAD TO OPERATE ALONG HERE- FORD ROAD TO REJOIN JUNCTION ROAD.
TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE JUNCTION OF WATERLOO ROAD AND HEREFORD ROAD AND AT THE JUNCTION OF RENFREW ROAD AND JUNCTION ROAD TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC FLOW.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ADVISED MOTORISTS THAT WHEN THE RACING SEASON STARTS AT SHA TIN ON OCTOBER 7 THEY SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO FIND PARKING IN SHA TIN.
+THERE ARE NO PARKING SPACES IN THE VICINITY OF THE SHA TIN RACE-COURSE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN URGED MOTORISTS TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT INSTEAD.
HE SAID THAT ADDITIONAL TRAINS WOULD BE OPERATED NON-STOP FROM KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION TO THE NEW STATION AT THE RACE-COURSE.
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