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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1979
PWD'S ACTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO MAKING HK ROADS SAFER
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THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO EFFORTS TO MAKE HONG KONG'S ROADS SAFER.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THE WORK OF THE HONG KONG AND MAINLAND DIVISIONS ARE REFLECTED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
HE SAID THE CAUSEWAY BAY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME WAS JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROJECTS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ISLAND DIVISION.
+THE SCHEME COMPRISES MAINLY THE REROUTING OF SIDE STREETS IN THE AREA SOUTH OF HENNESSY ROAD AND EAST OF PERCIVAL STREET, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
+IT IS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE LOCAL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.+
THE SCHEME WAS IMPLEMENTED DURING THE LAST QUARTER OF 1978.
DURING THE SAME PERIOD THE HONG KONG DIVISION ADDED TO THE NUMBER OF STREET LAMPS, CARRIED OUT SEVERAL TRAFFIC STUDIES, CAREFULLY LOOKED AT ZEBRA CROSSINGS AND PREPARED A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DESIGNS.
THE IR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE HARBOUR ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF ILLUMINATED TRAFFIC AIDS THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 2,550 ON THE MAINLAND.
DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR THE MAINLAND DIVISION COMPLETED NO FEWER THAN 23 NEW SIGNAL-CONTROLLED CROSSINGS AND BROUGHT INTO OPERATION 13 NEW SETS OF TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS.
THE PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WAS, ON TOP OF THIS, A NET INCREASE OF 532 STREET LAMPS,
+ALL OF THEIR WORK, SAID THE SPOKESMAN, CONTRIBUTED TO THE SAFETY OF THE MOTORIST AND THE PEDESTRIAN.+
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