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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1988
IMPLEMENTATION EVERY
EFFORT WAS MADE
HE STRESSED THAT BEFORE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS AND, AFTER THE CLOSURE, DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY ENSURE THAT THE ROAD WAS NOT CLOSED LONGER THAN NECESSARY.
TO
FOR EMERGENCY CLOSURES CAUSED BY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, NATURAL DISASTERS, FIRES, OR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO PUBLIC UTILITIES, THE POLICE ALSO HAD DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANDLING THEM.
POLICE OFFICERS ATTENDING THE SCENE WOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS ΤΟ REGULATE TRAFFIC. ANY DECISION ABOUT SUBSEQUENT TEMPORARY DIVERSIONS OR ROAD CLOSURES WAS MADE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE BY AN OFFICER OF SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT RANK.
FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE, THE INFORMATION WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE PASSED TO THE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS BRANCH FOR DISSEMINATION TO THE MEDIA.
"THE SITUATION IS MONITORED CAREFULLY TO ENSURE THAT IS REOPENED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
SAID.
DAD CLOSURE, MR LEUNG
THE ROAD
SAID THE
ON THE AUTHORISATION OF COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT WAS EMPOWERED TO CLOSE A ROAD OR ANY PART OF IT FOR SUCH PERIOD AS HE MIGHT THINK NECESSARY.
THIS WAS EFFECTED BY A NOTICE IN THE GAZETTE, OR IN ONE ENGLISH AND ONE OHINESE NEWSPAPER.
THE
IN EMERGENCY CASES, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT OR COMMISSIONER OF POLICE WAS EMPOWERED, WITHOUT PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE, TO CLOSE A ROAD FOR NOT LONGER THAN 72 HOURS.
TO FACILITATE MINOR ROAD WORKS, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT ALSO HAD POWERS TO CLOSE A ROAD, THE AUTHORITY FOR WHICH HAD BEEN DELEGATED TO SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE HIGHWAYS, CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES AND TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS.
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