TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1985
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NEW IEC SECTION OPENING
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THE SECTION OF ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR BETWEEN TAIKOO SHING AND SHAU KE WAN WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, ON THURSDAY (JULY 25) AT 3 PM.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT. THOSE ATTENDING SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE SHAU KEI WAN MTR STATION NEXT TO THE ALDRICH STREET BUS TERMINUS AT 2.30 PM.
GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
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NEW CORRIDOR SECTION OPEN TO TRAFFIC FRIDAY ****
A NEW SECTION OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (JULY 26), PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE ROAD LINK BETWEEN TAIKOO SHING AND SHAU KEI WAN.
THE 1.8-KILOMETRE SECTION HAS INTERSECTIONS WITH THE EXISTING ROAD NETWORK AT TAI HONG STREET, NAM ON LANE AND CHAI WAN ROAD.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT THE NEW CORRIDOR SECTION AND ITS SLIP ROADS WOULD BE PROHIBITED TO PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, LEARNER DRIVERS, CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, AND NO STOPPING WOULD BE ALLOWED.
MOTORISTS ON THE CORRIDOR WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A SPEED LIMIT OF 70 KILOMETRES AN HOUR.
IN ADDITION, A HOST OF NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING EXTENSIVE CLEARWAY RELAXATIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN SHAU KEI WAN AND TAIKOO SHING TO COINCIDE WITH THE CORRIDOR OPENING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ROAD CLOSURE
UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS, THE CORRIDOR EXIT ROAD LEADING FROM TAIKOO WAN ROAD VIA TAIKOO SHING ROAD TO SHAU KEI WAN WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. MOTORISTS ON ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR EASTBOUND HEADING FOR SAI WAN HO, SHAU KEI WAN AND CHAI WAN SHOULD CONTINUE ALONG THE NEWLY OPENED SECTION OF THE CORRIDOR.
HOWEVER, VEHICLES BOUND FOR TAIKOO SHING MAY STILL LEAVE VIA TAI WING AVENUE.
/HEAVY VEHICLE