FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1985
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CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS TO BE LIFTED
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CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS FOR ALL VEHICLES, INCLUDING PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, AT VARIOUS SECTIONS OF ELECTRIC ROAD AND JAVA ROAD IN NORTH POINT WILL BE LIFTED AS FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (JULY 1), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
RESTRICTIONS ON SOME SECTIONS OF KING'S ROAD WESTBOUND WILL ALSO
BE REMOVED FOR VEHICLES OTHER THAN PLBS.
A SENIOR TRANSPORT OFFICER, MR LOUIS HUNG, SAID THAT THE LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES AT SECTIONS OF ELECTRIC ROAD, JAVA ROAD, NGAN MOK STREET AND TSAT TSZ MUI ROAD WOULD BENEFIT THE PLB TRADE.
+TRAFFIC FLOW IN NORTH POINT HAS CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED SINCE THE OPENING OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR.
+ABOUT 1 000 VEHICLES IN EACH DIRECTION HAVE BEEN DIVERTED TO THE IEC DURING EACH PEAK HOUR. JOURNEY SPEEDS ALONG KING'S ROAD WESTBOUND HAVE INCREASED BY SEVEN KILOMETRES PER HOUR WHILE THOSE ALONG ELECTRIC ROAD, JAVA ROAD AND KING'S ROAD EASTBOUND HAVE INCREASED BY TWO KILOMETRES AN HOUR, HE SAID.
+THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS NOW SUBSTANTIAL SPARE CAPACITY ALONG THESE ROADS AND THE PEAK HOUR STOPPING RESTRICTIONS ON GENERAL TRAFFIC AT MANY SECTIONS ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY.
THE RELAXATION PROPOSALS WERE ENDORSED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD EARLIER THIS YEAR.
+ON KING'S ROAD, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC VOLUME AT KING'S ROAD WESTBOUND, THUS IT IS ADVISABLE TO MAINTAIN THE PRESENT PLB ROUTING ON WESTBOUND JOURNEYS, WHICH IS ALONG TSAT TSZ MUI ROAD,+ MR HUNG SAID.
+ THE LIFTING OF PLB RESTRICTIONS ALONG TWO STRETCHES OF KING'S ROAD WESTBOUND AND CHAI WAN ROAD WILL BE CONSIDERED AT A LATER STAGE,+ MR HUNG ADDED.
UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS. URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS FOR ALL VEHICLES AT THE FOLLOWING ROAD SECTIONS WILL BE LIFTED FROM MONDAY (JULY 1):
* THE SOUTHERN KERBSIDE OF TSAT TSZ MUI ROAD BETWEEN HEALTHY
STREET EAST AND HEALTHY STREET WEST.
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THE WESTERN KERBSIDE OF NGAN MOK STREET BETWEEN YACHT STREET AND LAU LI STREET.
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THE NORTHERN KERBSIDE OF ELECTRIC ROAD FROM 35 METRES TO 70 METRES EAST OF POWER STREET.
THE NORTHERN