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THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1981
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FURTHER ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRAFFIC SCHEME
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A 47 METRE SECTION OF THE EASTBOUND TRAM-ONLY LANE ON KING'S ROAD WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH HEALTHY STREET WEST WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM 7 AM ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 25).
THIS WILL EASE MOTORISTS MAKING RIGHT TURNS AT THIS ROAD JUNCTION, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY.
ON THE SAME DAY, SEVERAL BUS-ONLY LANES ON KING'S ROAD AND WING HING STREET WILL BE EXTENDED TO FACILITATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
THE EXTENDED BUS-ONLY LANES, WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED AT 7 AM ON SUNDAY, WILL BE EFFECTIVE DAILY BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM AND BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM.
DURING THESE PERIODS ALL MOTOR VEHICLES, EXCEPT OMNIBUSES AND THOSE AUTHORISED IN WRITING BY THE AUTHORITY, WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM USING THE LANES.
DETAILS OF THE EXTENSIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
* THE SECTION OF EASTBOUND KERB-SIDE LANE OF WING HING STREET
WILL BE EXTENDED WESTWARD FROM HOUSE NO. 3 TO THE TIP OF THE TRAFFIC ISLAND AT VICTORIA PARK ROAD/HING FAT STREET JUNCTION.
* THE SECTION OF EASTBOUND KERB-SIDE LANE OF KING'S ROAD WILL
BE EXTENDED WESTWARD FROM HOUSE NO. 99 TO 45.
* THE EASTBOUND KERB-SIDE LANE OF KING'S ROAD WILL BE EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM HOUSE NO. 125 TO 153A, 171 TO 259, 275 TO 357, AND 373 TO 443- FROM HOUSE NO. 463 TO A POINT 230 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH HEALTHY STREET EAST- FROM A POINT 54 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH HEALTHY STREET EAST TO HOUSE NO. 865- AND FROM HOUSE NO. 873 TO 943.
* THE WESTBOUND KERB-SIDE LANE OF KING'S ROAD WILL ALSO BE
EXTENDED WESTWARD FROM HOUSE NO. 888 TO 870, AND 850 TO 690- FROM A POINT 53 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH HEALTHY STREET WEST TO A POINT 42 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH TIN CHIU STREET FROM A POINT 95 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH TIN CHIU STREET TO A POINT 30 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH KAM HONG STREET- FROM A POINT 60 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH KAM HONG STREET TO HOUSE NO. 394- FROM HOUSE NO. 368 TO A POINT 30 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH CHEUNG HONG STREET FROM A POINT 65 METRES EAST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH FORTRESS HILL ROAD TO A POINT 72 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH FORTRESS HILL ROAD AND FROM A POINT 119 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH FORTRESS HILL ROAD TO THE SIGNAL CROSSING AT JUPITER STREET.
THE ZONES WILL BE INDICATED BY TRAFFIC SIGNS AND CARRIAGEWAY MARKINGS.
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