TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1982
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR PARTIAL OPENING OF ABERDEEN TUNNEL
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TO COINCIDE WITH THE EXPECTED OPENING OF ONE TUBE OF THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON FRIDAY (MARCH 12) IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO INTRODUCE NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS PARTICULARLY IN THE WAN CHAI AND HAPPY VALLEY AREAS, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
FOLLOWING THE OPENING AT 10 AM, THE TUNNEL WILL, THEREAFTER, BE OPEN FROM 6.30 AM TO 10.30 PM DAILY. IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO CLOSE THE TUNNEL AT NIGHT TO ALLOW CONTRACTORS TO CONTINUE WORK ON TUNNEL INSTALLATIONS.
A TOLL OF $2 WILL BE CHARGED FOR ALL VEHICLES.
WITH ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC FROM ABERDEEN TO WAN CHAI, CENTRAL, CAUSEWAY BAY, NORTH POINT AND THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL' IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO REDUCE CONGESTION CAUSED BY WEAVING MOVEMENTS AT THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
IN PARTICULAR, VEHICLES (OTHER THAN BUSES) GOING UP THE CANAL ROAD WEST RAMP TO JOIN THE FLYOVER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CROSS OVER TO JOIN THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL LANE. KOWLOON BOUND TRAFFIC IN THE HAPPY VALLEY AREA WILL HAVE TO USE THE UP-RAMP ADJACENT TO THE JUNCTION OF QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD- DRIVERS IN THE SPORTS ROAD, TIN LOK LANE AND MORRISON HILL ROAD AREA WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL AROUND THE RACE COURSE TO REACH THE UP-RAMP NEAR THE JUNCTION OF QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD.
DRIVERS HEADING TOWARDS THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL SHOULD SELECT THE RIGHT LANE EARLY TO AVOID FINDING THEMSELVES BE ING OBLIGED TO FOLLOW CENTRAL OR NORTH POINT BOUND TRAFFIC.
TRAFFIC GOING TO ABERDEEN VIA THE TUNNEL FROM CENTRAL KOWLOON OR FROM NORTH POINT, WILL TRAVEL VIA THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER. MOTORISTS IN WAN CHAI CAN USE THE UP-RAMP ON WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD IN FRONT OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,
RESIDENTS BETWEEN REPULSE BAY AND STANLEY ARE REMINDED THAT WHILE ROAD WORKS CONTINUE ON ISLAND ROAD THEY SHOULD USE THE WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROUTE FOR SOUTHBOUND JOURNEYS.
LEARNER DRIVERS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL. IN ADDITION, ALL PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, EXCEPT SOME DESIGNATED MAXICAB SERVICES, WILL ALSO BE PROHIBITED FROM USING THE TUNNEL.
THE PLB PROHIBITION WILL EXTEND TO THE FOLLOWING APPROACH ROADS TO THE TUNNEL
* CANAL ROAD FLYOVER SOUTHBOUND NEAR THE SLIP ROAD DOWN
TO MORRISON HILL ROAD.
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