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"PASSENGERS FROM TSING YI GARDEN SHOULD HAVE NO DIFFICULTIES IN BOARDING 44M BUSES BY USING THE BUS STOPS ON FUNG SHUE WO ROAD WHICH ARE WITHIN REASONABLE WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE TWO ESTATES."
REGARDING A SUGGESTION FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES AT THE JUNCTION OF FUNG SHUE WO ROAD AND TSING YIP STREET, A TRAFFIC SURVEY WILL SOON BE CONDUCTED TO COLLECT MORE INFORMATION FOR EVALUATING THE POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT MEASURES.
"IN THE LONGER TERM, A FOOTBRIDGE AT FUNG SHUE WO ROAD HAS BEEN PLANNED AT THE SECTION BETWEEN TSING SUM STREET AND TSING YU STREET. CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL START BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.'
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AS FOR THE SUGGESTION TO INSTALL A ZEBRA CROSSING AT TSING LUK STREET WHICH SEPARATES TSING YI GARDEN AND TSING YI ESTATE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PRESENT VEHICULAR TRAFFIC DOES NOT JUSTIFY INSTALLATION OF A ZEBRA CROSSING THERE.
"HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE FEASIBILITY PROVIDING A REFUGE ISLAND TO ENHANCE PASSENGER CROSSING FACILITIES.
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"THERE IS ALSO A PLAN TO PROVIDE A FOOTBRIDGE OVER TSING LUK STREET LINKING UP TSING YI GARDEN WITH TSING YI ESTATE.
"THE BUS ROUTE DEVELOPMENT IN TSING YI NORTH AREA IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED AND IMPROVEMENT OF SERVICES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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CONTRACT ON NORTHWEST KOWLOON TRAFFIC STUDY AWARDED
TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC NEEDS IN NORTHWEST KOWLOON IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL BE IDENTIFIED IN A CONSULTANCY STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.
THE $950,000 CONTRACT FOR THE STUDY WAS SIGNED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR RICHARD SCURFIELD, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MVA CONSULTANCY, MR FRED BROWN.
THE NORTHWEST KOWLOON TRAFFIC STUDY WILL INVESTIGATE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT PROBLEMS IN LAI CHI KOK, CHEUNG SHA WAN, ΤΑΙ KOK TSUI AND PARTS OF MONG KOK AND YAU MA TEI UP TO THE YEAR 1991.
THE CONSULTANTS WILL IDENTIFY PROBLEMS RELATING ΤΟ MOVEMENT, GOODS VEHICLE SERVICING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT THESE AREAS. REMEDIAL MEASURES WILL BE PROPOSED TO IMPROVE AND VEHICULAR FLOW AS WELL AS ROAD SAFETY.
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