FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1982
8
RETURN TRIPS WILL BE VIA WAN CHAI FERRY ROAD, FLEMING ROAD, LOCKHART ROAD, EAST POINT ROAD, GREAT GEORGE STREET, GLOUCESTER ROAD, CAUSEWAY ROAD, HING FAT STREET, GORDON ROAD, ELECTRIC ROAD, JAVA ROAD, HEALTHY STREET EAST, KING'S ROAD, MODEL LANE, TSAT TSZ MUT ROAD AND HEALTHY STREET EAST.
OPERATING HOURS WILL BE FROM 6 AM TO 11.05 PM DAILY, WITH A PEAK-PERIOD FREQUENCY OF EVERY 12 MINUTES. FARES WILL RANGE FROM $1 TO $2.
MEANWHILE, STARTING 10 AM ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 25), PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THESE MAXICAB TERMINI AT LAMBETH WALK, WAN CHAI FERRY ROAD AND THE SECTION OF HEALTHY STREET EAST BETWEEN KING'S ROAD AND TSAT TSZ MUI ROAD.
1
PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRIORITY MEASURES IN HUNG HOM
****
THE AVERAGE BUS JOURNEY TIME ALONG WUHU STREET IN HUNG HOM IS EXPECTED TO BE SHORTENED BY MORE THAN HALF WHEN NEW TRAFFIC MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 26).
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN NEIGHBOUR ING STREETS AND ROADS WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS COUPLED WITH BUS PRIORITY ROUTINGS THE SAME DAY.
GENERAL TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA IS ALSO EXPECTED TO IMPROVE CONSIDERABLY.
THESE MEASURES FORM PHASE TWO OF A PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRIORITY SCHEME TO EASE CONGESTION IN HUNG HOM AND TO KWA WAN.
THE FIRST PHASE, IMPLEMENTED EARLIER THIS MONTH, HAS BROUGHT CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAFFIC CIRCULATION ALONG MA TAU WAI ROAD.
THE AIM OF THE FULL SCHEME IS TO CURTAIL KERBSIDE ACTIVITIES, IMPROVE JUNCTION CAPACITIES AND PROVIDE BUS PRIORITY ROUTINGS.
THE FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FROM 10 AM ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 26).
TAKU STREET WILL BE RESERVED FOR FRANCHISED BUSES ONLY.
VEHICLES OTHER THAN FRANCHISED BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT FROM MA TAU WAI ROAD SOUTHBOUND INTO WUHU STREET.
RIGHT TURNS FROM TAK MAN STREET WESTBOUND INTO DOCK STREET, AND FROM WUHU STREET WESTBOUND INTO MA TAU WAI ROAD WILL BE BANNED.
LEFT TURNS FROM WUHU STREET WESTBOUND INTO GILLIES AVENUE AND FROM LOK SHAN ROAD EASTBOUND INTO MA TAU WAT ROAD WILL ALSO BE PROHIBITED.
STATION LANE NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH MA TAU WAT ROAD WILL BE DESIGNATED AS AN URBAN CLEARWAY FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM AND FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM DAILY.
TOMARMAY
TEMA ASTRIOTIC