SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1987
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SCHEME TO IMPROVE NGAU TAU KOK TRAFFIC FLOW
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A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME DESIGNED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN NGAU TAU KOK AREA WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FROM 10 AM ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 20), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY).
NGAU TAU KOK ROAD, A DISTRIBUTER ROAD IN NGAU TAU KOK AREA, IS OFTEN CONGESTED DUE TO THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC AND CONTINUAL STOPPING BY VEHICLES TO PICK UP OR PUT DOWN PASSENGERS OR GOODS.
THE PROBLEM OF CONGESTION AND THE ASSOCIATED TRAFFIC NOISE POLLUTION HAVE AROUSED CONCERN AMONG RESIDENTS AND OTHER ROAD USERS. THE DEPARTMENT HAS PROPOSED A NUMBER OF MEASURES TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM SINCE LAST YEAR.
+T HE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME HAS BEEN FINALISED AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH CONCERNED PARTIES AND CONSULTATION BODIES TO PROVIDE A FEASIBLE SOLUTION TO THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN THE AREA,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SCHEME, WHICH HAS ALSO GAINED SUPPORT FROM KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, WILL INCLUDE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESTRICTED ZONES, TRAFFIC RE-ROUTINGS AND CANCELLATION OF PARKING SPACES.
FROM 7 AM TO 12 MIDNIGHT DAILY, TWO ROAD SECTIONS IN THE AREA WILL BE MADE RESTRICTED ZONES. THESE ARE: NGAU TAU KOK ROAD WESTBOUND FROM A POINT ABOUT 30 METRES SOUTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH NGAU TAU KOK FIRST STREET TO A POINT ABOUT 525 METRES NORTH OF THE SAME JUNCTION; AND THE SOUTHERN KERBSIDE OF THE UNNAMED ROAD BETWEEN NGAU TAU KOK ROAD AND NGAU TAU KOK FOURTH STREET.
MEANWHILE, NGAU TAU KOK FIFTH STREET WESTBOUND FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH KWUN TONG ROAD TO A POINT ABOUT 60 METRES EAST OF THE SAME JUNCTION WILL BE DESIGNATED A 24-HOUR DAILY RESTRICTED ZONE.
NO VEHICLES OTHER THAN FRANCHISED BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS WITHIN THE RESTRICTED AREA. HOWEVER, ALTERNATIVE FACILITIES FOR SETTING DOWN AND PICKING UP PASSENGERS OR GOODS WILL BE PROVIDED AT NGAU TAU KOK FOURTH STREET AND NGAU TAU KOK FIFTH STREET.
IN TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING NGAU TAU KOK FOURTH STREET AND THE UNNAMED ROAD BETWEEN NGAU TAU KOK ROAD AND NGAU TAU KOK FOURTH STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY WORKING TO ONE-WAY WEST BOUND.
IN ADDITION, NGAU TAU KOK FIFTH STREET BETWEEN NGAU TAU KOK FOURTH STREET AND THE MINI-ROUNDABOUT OUTSIDE BLOCK 12 OF LOWER NGAU TAU KOK ESTATE WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY TRAFFIC TO ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND.
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