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MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1988
ALTHOUGH MEASURES TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO SAFETY WOULD CERTAINLY HELP REDUCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, RESPONSIBILITY IN REDUCING ACCIDENTS RESTED WITH THE ME SO STRESSED,
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HE CALLED ON ALL ROAD USERS TO BE PATIENT AND CAREFUL WHEN USING THE ROAD.
THE INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF CONGESTION COINCIDED WITH THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LICENSED VEHICLES.
IN 1987, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LICENSED VEHICLES INCREASED BY 8.5 PER CENT FROM 266,777 TO 289,386. THE TOTAL VEHICLE KILOMETRAGE RUN IN 1987 HAD ALSO RISEN BY ABOUT 8 PER CENT, CORRESPONDING WITH THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE VEHICLE FLEET.
OF NEW ROADS WERE
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, ABOUT 50 KILOMETRES CONSTRUCTED, REPRESENTING SOME 3.8 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL ROAD KILMETRAGE OF 1,350 IN HONG KONG.
"THE TOTAL NET EFFECT OF THIS IS THAT OUR ROADS HAVE BECOME MORE CONGESTED, ESPECIALLY AT KEY CORRIDORS SUCH AS THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL, GLOUCESTER ROAD BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY AND CENTRAL, NATHAN ROAD, LION ROCK TUNNEL, LỤNG CHEUNG ROAD AND KWUN TONG ROAD."
"OUR ROADS HAVE BECOME SO CONGESTED NOW THAT SHOULD THERE BE A MAJOR INCIDENT BLOCKING PART OF A KEY CORRIDOR, THE RESULT COULD BE DISASTROUS, MR SO SAID.
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NOTING THAT IN THE LONG-TERM THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY AND OTHER STUDIES WOULD PROVIDE SOME SOLUTIONS ΤΟ CONGESTION PROBLEM MR SO OUTLINED THE GOVERNMENT'S SHORT-TERM MEASURES TO EASE THE SITUATION.
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THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE WITH ITS ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME AND IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS IT WAS EXPECTED THAT SOME 80 KILOMETRES OF NEW OR IMPROVED ROADWAYS WOULD BE OPENED.
IN ADDITION, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WOULD TRY APPLY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING MEASURES TRAFFIC FLOW ESPECIALLY ALONG KEY CORRIDORS.
ITS BEST TO
TO IMPROVE
COMPLETED AND
THE LION ROCK TUNNEL TRAFFIC STUDY HAD BEEN STEPS WERE NOW IN HAND TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW TO AND THROUGH THE TUNNEL.
THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TRAFFIC STUDY HAD JUST BEEN AND WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
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