MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1979
TUEN MUN ROAD
BUILT AND CONSTRUCTED TO HIGHEST STANDARD
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MR. DAVID STEAD, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, REITERATED THAT TUEN MUN ROAD WAS BUILT AND CONSTRUCTED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS DURING A VISIT TODAY (MONDAY) TO STAGE TWO OF TUEN MUN ROAD NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HE EMPHASISED THAT THE MAIN CAUSES OF ACCIDENT WERE EXCESSIVE SPEEDING AND A BLATANT DISREGARD OF THE SIMPLE RULE OF NOT CROSSING THE DOUBLE WHITE LINE WHEN OVERTAKING.
SINCE THE ROAD WAS OPENED LAST MAY, HE SAID, A NUMBER OF SAFETY MEASURES IN THE FORM OF TRAFFIC AIDS HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED,
IN AUGUST LAST YEAR, 12 SETS OF SYMBOLIC SIGNS ADVISING MOTORISTS TO GO BACK TO OR STAY IN THE NEAR SIDE LANE WERE ERECTED. IN ADDITION, DIRECTIONAL ARROWS WERE PAINTED ON THE UPHILL LANES AT MERGE AREAS.
IN OCTOBER, 31 +KEEP LEFT UNLESS OVERTAKING+ SIGNS WERE PUT UP ON UPHILL LANES ALONG TUEN MUN ROAD AT 500-METRE INTERVALS. ALSO, DOUBLE WHITE LINES WERE PAINTED AT TSING LUNG TAU PROHIBITING INDISCRIMINATE OVERTAKING.
IN ADDITION, TWO BIG ADVISORY SIGNS, WHICH READ ARRIVE ALIVE+, WERE ERECTED AT BOTH ENDS OF THE ROAD IN NOVEMBER.
MR. STEAD SAID MOTORISTS USING THIS ROAD SHOULD FIND THESE SIGNS HELPFUL.
HE SAID WORK BEING CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SECOND STAGE OF THE ROAD PROJECT INVOLVED STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION AND ROAD FORMATION.
IT IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN LATE 1980.
OTHER PWD WORK SITES VISITED INCLUDED THE KWAI CHUNG CREMATORIUM, TSUEN WAN BY-PASS STAGE I, AND THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD- TEXACO ROAD INTERSECTION.
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