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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1987
THE CONGESTION ALONG NGAU TAU KOK ROAD WEST BOUND NEAR AMOY GARDEN AND CHUN WAH ROAD, CAUSED BY VEHICLES STOPPING HAS BEEN GREATLY ALLEVIATED WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A 7 AM TO MIDNIGHT NO-STOPPING RESTRICTION THERE.
AS A RESULT, OBSTRUCTION BY WAITING VEHICLES TO PEDESTRIAN CROSSING MOVEMENT AT THE JUNCTION OF NGAU TAU KOK ROAD AND JORDAN VALLEY NORTH ROAD IS NOW CLEARED.
+AT PRESENT TRAFFIC IS FLOWING MORE SMOOTHLY AND THE JOURNEY TIME ALONG NGAU TAU KOK ROAD HAS BEEN REDUCED BY ABOUT FIVE MINUTES,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ ALTHOUGH THE ALTERNATIVE BOARDING AND ALIGHTING LOCATIONS FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES IN NGAU TAU KOK FOURTH STREET HAS REDUCED THE KERSIDE SPACE FOR THE SHOPS THERE TO LOAD AND UNLOAD THEIR GOODS, THIS SHOULD BE WEIGHTED AGAINST THE OVERALL BENEFIT THE SCHEME HAS BROUGHT TO NGAU TAU KOK AREA.+
REACTION FROM THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC IS MIXED. SOME PLB COMMUTERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LONGER WALKING DISTANCE TO THE NEW BOARDING LOCATIONS AND THE RELATIVELY LONGER TRAVELLING TIME CAUSED BY THE DIVERSIONS. THOSE WHO DO NOT TRAVEL BY PLB'S WELCOME THE SCHEME AS NGAU TAU KOK ROAD IS NOW LESS CONGESTED.
AS SOME PLB DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SCHEME DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION, SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE BOARDING LOCATIONS OCCURRED. TO RECTIFY
THE SITUATION, TEMPORARY ADVISORY SIGNS HAVE BEEN ERECTED TO ADVISE PASSENGERS OF THE NEW ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS FOR BOARDING AND ALIGHTING FROM PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES IN NGAU TAU KOK FOURTH STREET.
THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT THE SCHEME HAD BEEN FINALISED AFTER THOROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PLB TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE. THE PROJECT PROVIDED A SOLUTION TO THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND ASSOCIATED TRAFFIC NOISE POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN NGAU TAU KOK AREA.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL REVIEW THE SCHEME IN THREE MONTHS TO ASSESS WHETHER FURTHER MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE SMOOTH TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA, HE ADDED.
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