MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1984
TAI KOO SHING TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS
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IN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT FROM RESIDENTS OF TAIKOO SHING ESTATE ON THE QUESTION OF INADEQUATE PROVISION FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AS A RESULT OF THE OPENING OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN MADE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
THE EXISTING TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN TAIKOO SHING ESTATE HAVE FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE ASPECTS OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. THESE INCLUDED:
(A) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHORT LENGTH OF A TEMPORARY ROAD
SKIRTING THE ESTATE SO THAT TRAFFIC TO SHAU KEI WAN
AND CHAI WAN CAN BYPASS THE ESTATE'S ROADS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
(B) MAKING THE EASTERN SECTION OF TA! KOO WAN ROAD ONE WAY.
(c) THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROL AT THE JUNCTION
BETWEEN TAI KOO WAN ROAD AND TAI FUNG AVENUE, INCLUDING A TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ACROSS TAI KOO WAN ROAD, AND
(D) THE PROVISION OF A ZEBRA CROSSING ACROSS TAI KOO WAN
ROAD, NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH TAI WING AVENUE.
THESE ARRANGEMENTS ACHIEVE THE EFFECT OF:
(1)
(11)
(111)
PROVIDING RESIDENTS OF TAI KOO SHING WITH A CHOICE OF EITHER CROSSING TAI KOO WAN ROAD AT THE ZEBRA CROSSING, OR WALKING ABOUT 130 METRES WESTWARDS TO THE SIGNAL CONTROLLED CROSSING AT TAI FUNG AVENUE.
SLOWING DOWN THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC ENTERING THE ESTATE FROM THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR AND
REDUCING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CARS AND PEDESTRIANS AS PEDESTRIANS WOULD ONLY NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR TRAFFIC FROM ONE DIRECTION.
THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE AT LEAST AS GOOD AS, AND PROBABLY BETTER THAN, TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR PEDESTRIANS IN OTHER POPULATED AREAS IN THE URBAN DISTRICTS WHERE THERE IS A LIKELY CONFLICT BETWEEN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO POINTED OUT THE GENERAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN TAI KOO SHING, TOGETHER WITH OTHER TRAFFIC PROPOSALS RESULTING FROM THE OPENING OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO AND ENDORSED BY THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AT ITS MEETING IN MAY. THESE ARRANGEMENTS HAD ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE DEVELOPER OF THE ESTATE.
/THE TRAFFIC