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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1987
LION
FOLLOWING ARE FIGURES ON THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES USING THE ROCK TUNNEL AND TAI PO ROAD DURING THE EVENING AND MORNING PEAK HOURS YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) AND TODAY, RESPECTIVELY:
LION ROCK TUNNEL.
SOUTHBOUND
TAI PO ROAD
NORTHBOUND
SOUTHBOUND
NORTHBOUND
DECEMBER 16
6,777
6,745
2,159
2,143
(4.30 PM
-
- 7 PM)
NORMAL WEEKDAY
7,274
6,995
2,358
2,085
(4.30 PM 7 PM)
DECEMBER 17 (7 AM
9,134
6.383
2,822
2,012
-
10 AM)
NORMAL WEEKDAY
9,309
6,615
2,812
1,874
(7 AM
-
10 AM)
MEANWHILE, A "TIDAL-FLOW"
ARRANGEMENT
WAS
CONDUCTED BETWEEN
5.30 AM AND 7.15 AM THIS MORNING AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL.
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATION SHOWED THAT AT 7 AM, THE LENGTH OF THE VEHICLE QUEUE ON LION ROCK TUNNEL. ROAD SOUTHBOUND WAS LESS THAN HALF OF THAT ON A NORMAL DAY. THERE WERE ABOUT 410 MORE VEHICLES THAN NORMAL PASSING THROUGH THE TUNNEL SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7.20 AM.
FOLLOWING ARE THE NUMBER
OF SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES PASSING
THROUGH THE TUNNEL FROM 6.30 AM TO 7.30 AM:
6.30 AM TO 6.45 AM
6.45 AM TO 7 AM
7 AM TO 7.15 AM
7.15 AM TO 7.30 AM
383 692 1,106
895
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