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MONDAY, JUNE 23, 19-6
TRAFFIC DIVERSION SCHEME BEGINS THURSDAY
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A MAJOR TRAFFIC DIVERSION SCHEME WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM THURSDAY (JUNE 26) TO COINCIDE WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER.
DETAILS OF THE SCHEME WERE OUTLINED TODAY (MONDAY) BY MR LAM HON-KIT, SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC ENGINEERING KOWLOON DIVISION.
+THE RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE, WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LANE TO THE FLYOVER WHICH IS REACHING SATURATION LEVEL, + MR LAM SAID.
TO MINIMISE DISRUPTION TO TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC DIVERSION SCHEME
STAGE ONE WILL BE INTRODUCED WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THREE STAGES. WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE RECONSTRUCTION WHILE STAGES TWO AND THREE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ABOUT SIX WEEKS AND TWO MONTHS LATER RESPECTIVELY.
WHEN STAGE THREE BEGINS, ONE OF THE THREE LANES OF THE EXISTING FLYOVER WILL BE CLOSED FOR DEMOLITION AND THE REMAINING TWO LANES WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND.
MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME SOME CONGESTION IS EXPECTED, AS IN MOST MAJOR TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS, BUT ONCE THE PUBLIC AND RESIDENTS IN THE AREA HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS TRAFFIC SHOULD BE SMOOTHER. HE EMPHASISED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE ARRANGEMENTS.
STAGE ONE OF THE SCHEME, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE LAYING OF WATERMAINS AND TO MAKE WAY FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF STAGES TWO AND THREE, WILL PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE CORRIDORS FOR PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD NORTHBOUND.
THE EXISTING RIGHT TURN BAN FROM SOARES AVENUE ON TO ARGYLE STREET AND FROM ARGYLE STREET ON TO KADOOR IE AVENUE WILL BE LIFTED. KADOOR IE AVENUE WILL BE RE-ROUTED TO ONE-WAY TRAFFIC AND WILL BE BANNED TO VEHICLES EXCEEDING 5.5 TONNES EXCEPT THOSE REQUIRING LOCAL ACCESS.
THIS WILL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE CORRIDOR FOR PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD NORTHBOUND. VEHICLES BEFORE REACHING THE FLYOVER CAN TURN OFF AT PUI CHING ROAD AND CONTINUE ALONG SOARES AVENUE, MR LAM EXPLAINED. FROM SOARES AVENUE, VEHICLES CAN TURN RIGHT ÁT ARGYLE STREET TO TAKE THE ARGYLE STREET FLYOVER ABOVE THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER, THEY CAN ALSO TURN LEFT AT ARGYLE STREET TO FOLLOW THE EXTENSION OF THIS CORRIDOR ALONG KADOOR IE AVENUE, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD WEST WESTBOUND AND EMBANKMENT ROAD, HE SAID.
TO ENHANCE