THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1982
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THE FIRST TWO PHASES IMPLEMENTED LAST MONTH TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC IN MA TAU CHUNG ROAD AND WUHU STREET HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE ENTIRE SCHEME ARE THE PROVISION OF BUS ONLY LANES, INTRODUCTION OF CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS, IMPROVEMENT OF JUNCTION CAPACITIES AND BANNING OF TURNING MOVEMENTS.
MEANWHILE, THE FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENTS WILL BEGIN FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 18):
BUS ONLY LANES (FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM AND FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM DAILY)
* THE NORTHBOUND KERBSIDE LANE OF MA TAU WAI ROAD
FROM SHEK TONG STREET TO TO KWA WAN ROAD;
* THE NORTHBOUND KERBSIDE LANE OF TO KWA WAN ROAD
FROM MA TAU WAI ROAD TO SHEUNG HEUNG ROAD;
* THE SOUTHBOUND KERBSIDE LANE OF TO KWA WAN ROAD FROM SAN MA TAU STREET TO KWEI CHOW STREET; AND
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THE SOUTHBOUND KERBSIDE LANE OF TO KWA WAN ROAD FROM A POINT 120 METRES SOUTH OF KWEI CHOW STREET TO A POINT 100 METRES SOUTH OF LOK SHAN ROAD.
URBAN CLEARWAYS (FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM AND FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM DAILY)
* MA TAU WAI ROAD BETWEEN HOK YUEN STREET AND TO
KWA WAN ROAD ;
* TO KWA WAN ROAD BETWEEN MA TAU WA1 ROAD AND CHI
KIANG STREET;
* GILLIES AVENUE NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH MA TAU WAI
ROAD;
* LOK SHAN ROAD BETWEEN TO KWA WAN ROAD AND CHEUNG
NING STREET; AND
* THE SOUTHERN KERBSIDE LANE OF SAN MA TAU STREET
NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH TO KWA WAN ROAD.
MOREOVER, SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES TRAVELLING ALONG MA TAU WAI ROAD WILL BE BANNED FROM TURNING RIGHT INTO PAK KUNG STREET, WHILE THOSE TRAVELLING ALONG TO KWA WAN ROAD WILL BE BANNED FROM TURNING LEFT INTO LOK SHAN ROAD.
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