TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1982
KEEPING TRAFFIC ON THE MOVE IN KING'S ROAD
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THE NEW ONE WAY +GYRATORY TRAFFIC SYSTEM IN NORTH POINT WILL COME INTO OPERATION THIS FRIDAY (JULY 2) TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN KING'S ROAD.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT UNDER THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS, ALL SHAU KEI WAN-BOUND VEHICLES WILL HAVE TO USE JAVA ROAD AND ELECTRIC ROAD WHILE CENTRAL-BOUND VEHICLES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO KING'S ROAD,
HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT THE EASTBOUND LANE ON KING'S ROAD WILL BE RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR BUSES, TRAMS AND ACCESS VEHICLES.
PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, HE ADDED, WILL ALSO BE ALLOWED TO USE A SECTION OF THIS ROAD BUT ONLY UP TO ITS JUNCTION WITH NORTH POINT ROAD.
AS FROM 6 AM ON FRIDAY, THE FOLLOWING MEASURES WILL BE INTRODUCED :
TRAFFIC RE-ROUTINGS
* ELECTRIC ROAD BETWEEN OIL STREET AND TIN CHONG STREET WILL
BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY TRAFFIC TO ONE-WAY EASTBOUND
* JAVA ROAD BETWEEN TIN CHONG STREET AND HEALTHY STREET EAST
WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY TRAFFIC TO ONE-WAY EASTBOUND:
* TIN CHONG STREET BETWEEN ELECTRIC ROAD AND KING'S ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND TO ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND:
*WING HING STREET BETWEEN ELECTRIC ROAD AND KING'S ROAD
WILL BE RE-ROUTED TWO-WAY.
TURNING MOVEMENTS
* THE RIGHT TURN FROM TIN CHONG STREET INTO KING'S ROAD
WILL BE PROHIBITED:
* THE LEFT TURN FROM ELECTRIC ROAD INTO WING HING STREET
WILL BE PROHIBITED.
URBAN CLEARWAYS
CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IMPOSED ON THE FOLLOWING ECTIONS OF ELECTRIC ROAD AND JAVA ROAD BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7 PM AILY, WHEN DRIVERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN ASSENGERS OR TO LOAD AND UNLOAD GOODS.
* THE EASTERN SECTION OF ELECTRIC ROAD BETWEEN GORDON ROAD
AND WATSON ROAD
* ELECTRIC ROAD BETWEEN WATSON ROAD AND TIN CHONG STREET:
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