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SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1982
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN NT AND KOWLOON
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GOODS VEHICLES OVER 12 TONS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING CLEARWATER BAY ROAD BETWEEN ITS TWO JUNCTIONS WITH NEW CLEARWATER BAY ROAD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES STARTING FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (JANUARY 11).
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID ALL GOODS VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE BANNED FROM ENTERING THIS STRETCH OF ROAD BETWEEN 9 AM AND 2 PM ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
IN ADDITION, THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE EASTBOUND OR SAI KUNG-BOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF CLEARWATER BAY ROAD BETWEEN ANDERSON ROAD AND A POINT ABOUT 200 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH HIRAM'S HIGHWAY ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS BETWEEN 9 AM AND 2 PM. THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE INTRODUCED ON THE WESTBOUND OR KOWLOON- BOUND CARRIAGEWAY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 7 PM IN THE AFTERNOON.
THE EXISTING PROHIBITION ON GOODS VEHICLES USING CLEARWATER BAY ROAD BETWEEN LUNG CHEUNG ROAD AND ITS LOWER JUNCTION WITH CLEARWATER BAY ROAD WILL BE CANCELLED AT THE SAME TIME.
IN KOWLOON, TRAFFIC ALONG EASTBOUND SHEK KU STREET IN HO MAN TIN WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM TURNING RIGHT INTO SOUTHBOUND SHEUNG SHING STREET ALSO STARTING FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY.
NEW PLATFORMS FOR LO WU STATION ****
TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PLATFORMS AT LO WU STATION AS PART OF THE MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAID THE WORK INVOLVED CONSTRUCTION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE PLATFORMS AND SUBWAYS SUPPORTED ON STEEL BEARING PILES, AND PLATFORM CANOPIES.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT IS THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION WHICH WILL HOUSE THE VARIOUS
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS OPERATING AT LO WU WHEN THE NEW STATION JS BUILT TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL BEGIN IN APRIL AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN JULY NEXT YEAR,
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