SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 1982
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AIRPORT TUNNEL TO BE PARTIALLY OPENED TUESDAY
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THE AIRPORT TUNNEL. WILL BE PARTIALLY OPENED TO TRAFFIC FROM 3 PM ON TUESDAY (JUNE 29).
INITIALLY ONE TUBE OF THE TWIN-TUBE TUNNEL WILL BE OPENED, AND WILL PROVIDE A FREE-OF-TOLL, 24-HOUR DAILY SERVICE FOR TWO- WAY TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (SUNDAY), A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: THE OPENING OF THE TUNNEL WILL PROVIDE A NEW AND FAST LINK FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN KWUN TONG AND THE TO KWA WAN/HUNG HOM AREA.+
THE 1 260-METRE TUNNEL RUNS BETWEEN SAN SHAN INTERCHANGE IN THE SOUTH AND THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION AREA IN THE EAST, PASSING UNDER THE MAIN RUNWAY OF KAI TAK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
+NOT ALL VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE THE TUNNEL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+FOR INSTANCE, ALL PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, LEARNER DRIVERS, DANGEROUS GOODS VEHICLES CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS OF CATEGORIES NOS. 1, 2 OR 5, CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THE TUNNEL AREA WHICH COVERS THE EAST KOWLOON WAY, THE AIRPORT TUNNEL, THE SAN SHAN INTERCHANGE AND PART OF THE GRADE- SEPARATED INTERCHANGE AT THE EASTERN END OF THE TUNNEL. +
IN ADDITION, VEHICLES OF THE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS, WHICH INCLUDE THE LOAD OR ANY EQUIPMENT ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLES, ARE PROHIBITED FROM TRAVELLING THROUGH THE TUNNEL, BUT WILL BE PERMITTED TO USE THE EAST KOWLOON WAY BETWEEN SAN SHAN ROAD AND FAT KWONG STREET1-
* HEIGHT IN EXCESS OF 4.65 METRES; OR
* WIDTH IN EXCESS OF 2.74 METRES; OR
* LENGTH IN EXCESS OF 12.9 METRES; OR
* IF DRAWING A TRAILER, A COMBINED LENGTH IN EXCESS OF
18.3 METRES.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPENING OF THE TUNNEL, MOTORISTS SHOULD OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC ROUTINGS:
ROUTING FOR KWUN TONG-BOUND TRAFFIC
KWUN TONG-BOUND TRAFFIC FROM HONG KONG, TSIM SHA TSUI AND HUNG HOM, WISHING TO USE THE TUNNEL, SHOULD PROCEED VIA EAST KOWLOON WAY AND ENTER THE TUNNEL AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE EAST KOWLOON WAY.
AFTER EXITING FROM THE TUNNEL IN KOWLOON BAY, TRAFFIC HEADING FOR KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA AND KWUN TONG TOWN CENTRE SHOULD PROCEED ALONG THE UNNAMED ROAD ACROSS THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION AREA AND JOIN THE EASTBOUND WAI YIP STREET AT THE SIGNAL-CONTROLLED JUNCTION.
/TRAFFIC WISHING