WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1987
10
NORMAL TOLL FOR TUNNEL USERS FROM MONDAY
MOTORISTS AND TAXI PASSENGERS TRAVELLING ΤΟ KOWLOON VIA THE LION ROCK TUNNEL WILL HAVE TO PAY THE NORMAL TOLL OF $3 FROM 3 AM NEXT MONDAY (DECEMBER 21) WHEN THE ONE-WAY TOLL EXPERIMENT COMES то AN END.
AS FOR THOSE TRAVELLING NORTHBOUND THROUGH THE TUNNEL, THEY WILL ONLY HAVE TO PAY $3 INSTEAD OF THE $6 TOLL CHARGED DURING THE FOUR-WEEK EXPERIMENT.
THE ONE-WAY TOLL EXPERIMENT HAS BEEN NOVEMBER 23 TO ASSESS WHETHER TRAFFIC FLOW AT IMPROVED.
IMPLEMENTED SINCE THE TUNNEL CAN BE
THE
WHEN THE EXPERIMENT ENDS AT 3 AM ON MONDAY, TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE RESUMED AT THE SAME TIME.
PRE-EXPERIMENT
HOURS
FOLLOWING ARE FIGURES ON THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES USING THE LION ROCK TUNNEL AND TAI PO ROAD DURING THE EVENING AND MORNING PEAK YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) AND TODAY, RESPECTIVELY:
LION ROCK TUNNEL
TAI PO ROAD
SOUTHBOUND
NORTHBOUND
SOUTHBOUND
NORTHBOUND
DECEMBER 15
7,276
6,686
2,244
2,132
(4.30 PM 7 PM)
-
NORMAL WEEKDAY
7,274
6,995
2,358
2,085
(4.30 PM 7 PM)
—
DECEMBER 16
9,323
6,426
2,879
2,213
-
(7 AM 10 AM)
NORMAL WEEKDAY
9,309
6,615
2,812
1,874
-
(7 AM 10 AM)
TRAFFIC “HANGES IN WO HOP SHEK
*
+ *
OF WO HOP SHEK TO WO HOP SHEK AM TODAY
TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION WORK, THE SECTION AND THE NORTH ACCESS ROAD ROAD WEST OF ROAD D6 CEMETERY IN FANLING HAVE BEEN CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC FROM 10
(WEDNESDAY).
ABOUT SIX WEEKS DURING WHICH AND WO HOP SHEK VILLAGE
THE MEASURE WILL CONTINUE FOR VEHICLES HEADING FOR WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY WILL BE DIVERTED VIA TAI WO SERVICE ROAD (WEST) AND KIU TAU ROAD.
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