WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1986
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STEPS TAKEN TO MINIMISE LRT DISRUPTION
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ALL CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE NORTH-WEST NEW TERRITORIES ARE BEING CO-ORDINATED TO MINIMISE TRAFFIC DISRUPTION AND INCONVENIENCE, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON IAN MACPHERSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE CO-ORDINATION IS BEING EFFECTED BY A WORKS CO-ORDINATION GROUP CHAIRED BY THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER, TUEN MUN.
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH, MR MACPHERSON SAID THE LIGHT RAIL WAS DESIGNED AS AN ON-STREET SYSTEM RUNNING ALONG EXISTING ROADS, AND IT WAS UNAVOIDABLE THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK AND RELATED UTILITY DIVERSIONS SHOULD AFFECT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
+TRAFFIC ALONG THE TUEN MUN TO YUEN LONG CORRIDOR IS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY LRT CONSTRUCTION WORKS AS THE LRT RESERVE IS MAINLY ALONGSIDE CASTLE PEAK ROAD,+ HE SAID. +ACCESS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES IS BEING MAINTAINED DURING CONSTRUCTION.+
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES HAD BEEN INTRODUCED TO TIE IN WITH LRT WORKS WITHIN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG TOWN CENTRES, MR MACPHERSON SAID. THESE INCLUDED RE-ROUTING OF TRAFFIC. ADJUSTMENTS TO TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNAL PHASING AND PROVISION OF TEMPORARY PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.
+ THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEES OF THE TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARDS ARE CONSULTED ON THE TRAFFIC DIVERSION PROPOSALS AND THEIR VIEWS ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE SCHEME AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
+ADVANCE PUBLICITY IS ARRANGED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE CHANGES IN THE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS,+ HE SAID.
MR MACPHERSON SAID TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS IN YUEN LONG TOWN CENTRE WERE DIFFICULT AS THE LRT RESERVE RAN ALONG THE CENTRE OF THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
+THE CURRENT PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION PERMITS TWO LANES WESTBOUND AND ONE LANE EASTBOUND. AS FROM NEXT WEEK, TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION WILL BE PROVIDED AND THIS WILL EASE THE PROBLEM CONSIDERABLY.+
MR MACPHERSON REGRETTED THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC
• ACCIDENTS ALONG THIS SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME THERE.
/TO IMPROVS