WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1988
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VEHICLE MERGING TEST TO END TOMORROW MORNING
*
TEST
THE TUNNEL DEPARTMENT
APPROACH
WILL END
ANNOUNCED
ON BEING CONDUCTED THE VEHICLE MERGING ROADS TO THE KOWLOON ENTRANCE OF THE CROSS HARBOUR AT 11 AM TOMORROW (THURSDAY}, THE TRANSPORT TODAY.
MAY
16,
NEAR EASTBOUND
THE
ROAD, WITH THE JUNCTION AND
THE TEST HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED SINCE MONDAY, JUNCTION OF THE APPROACH ROAD LEADING FROM GASCOIGNE ROAD AND THE APPROACH ROAD LEADING FROM PRINCESS MARGARET
SIMPLIFYING MERGING MOVEMENTS AT THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING TRAFFIC FLOW TOWARDS THE TUNNEL PORTAL.
OBSERVATIONS OF THE PROGRESS OF THE TEST MOVEMENTS AT THE JUNCTION HAVE BEEN MORE ORDERLY.
SHOWED THAT
MERGING
GASCOIGNE
ROAD VOLUME
TRAFFIC FLOW ON THE APPROACH ROAD FROM
REMAINED NORMAL BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT TRAFFIC
EASTBOUND INVOLVED.
HOWEVER, OWING TO HEAVIER TRAFFIC FLOW AND THE DELAYS
TWO-LANE TRAFFIC CAUSED BY THE MERGING OF
INTO
LANE, TRAFFIC FROM PRINCESS QUEUES APPEARED ON THE APPROACH ROAD LEADING
MARGARET
ROAD.
ONE
YAU BEEN LESS
TUNNEL OR VEHICLES ON CHATHAM ROAD NORTH HEADING FOR THE
ENJOYED A SMOOTHER MA TEI AREAS HAVE
HAS FLOW. THERE CONFUSION WITH TRAFFIC FROM THE OTHER TWO APPROACH ROADS.
BE FINDINGS OF THE TEST WILL BE EVALUATED AND WILL
CONSIDERED
AND TRAFFIC TOGETHER WITH OTHER MEASURES
MANAGEMENT SCHEMES BRING OUT BY EXAMINED UNDER THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TRAFFIC STUDY CARRIED THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.
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