FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1988
50 KPH SPEED LIMIT ON LRV TRIAL RUNNING TO BE LIFTED
THE EXISTING 50 THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT
THE TRIAL RUNNING OF LIGHT RAIL KPH SPEED RESTRICTION IMPOSED ON
BETWEEN TUEN VEHICLES (LRV'S) ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) SYSTEM MUN AND YUEN LONG WILL BE LIFTED ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 21.
SPEED OF CERTAIN
THE LRV'S WILL BE INCREASED JUNCTIONS AND
LOCAL LOCATIONS
THIS MEANS THAT THE PROGRESSIVELY TO 70 KPH. AT SPEED RESTRICTIONS WILL APPLY.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIFTING OF THE RESTRICTION FOLLOWS
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT MEASURES UNDERTAKEN BY
OF THE UK KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS RAILWAY INSPECTOR, MR ALAN COOKSEY.
IMPLEMENTATION BEFORE
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WERE RECOMMENDED FOR THE LIFTING OF THE EXISTING 50 KPH SPEED RESTRICTION.
THE TO
CHIEF BOTH FOR
SECRETARY, TECHNICAL
MR AND
SUBMITTED IN HIS SAFETY REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS OF COOKSEY MADE A OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE.
NUMBER
SECONDARY THESE INCLUDED THE REMOVAL OF POTENTIALLY CONFUSING
AWAY SIGNALS AT CERTAIN JUNCTIONS; REPOSITIONING OF CERTAIN BUS STOPS
LOCAL SPEED LIMITS AT CERTAIN IMPOSITION OF FROM THE LRT TRACK;
AND PEDESTRIANS JUNCTIONS; AND INCREASED PUBLICITY TO MAKE MOTORISTS MORE AWARE OF THE NEED FOR CARE WHEN CROSSING THE LRT.
LED BY THE APPOINTED A TEAM OF GOVERNMENT AND LRT OFFICIALS
OUT CARRIED
ON-SITE MORGAN, MR BRYAN KONG, IN HONG INSPECTOR
HAD INSPECTIONS OF THE VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT WORKS AND FOUND THAT BEEN SATISFACTORILY IMPLEMENTED.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS FULLY
IMPROVEMENT MEASURES ON THAT THE FIRST SET OF RECOMMENDED SYSTEM HAD BEEN SATISFACTORILY IMPLEMENTED AND THAT IT WOULD
RECOMMENDATIONS ΤΟ ENSURE
THE OTHER MONITORING IMPLEMENTED IN DUE COURSE.
THAT
THEY
SATISFIED THE LRT CONTINUE ARE ALSO
TRIAL THE
SUBJECT TO THE SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE THREE-WEEK
IMPLEMENTATION OF ΤΟ AND
THE SATISFACTORY PERIOD, RUNNING
OPENED PROGRESSIVELY REMAINING IMPROVEMENTS, THE LRT SYSTEM COULD BE
PASSENGERS FROM ABOUT ON A ROUTE BY ROUTE BASIS FOR THE CARRIAGE OF MID-SEPTEMBER, HE ADDED.
*THE
AND MOTORISTS AND TAKE CARE AS
SPOKESMAN WARNED IN THE MEANTIME, PEDESTRIANS IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG TO BE ALERT THE LRV'S WILL BE RUNNING TO SCHEDULED SPEEDS,
"PEDESTRIANS
SHOULD NOT
WALK ALONG
THE LRT TRACKS. BOTH SIGNS MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND WHEN CROSSING THE LRT JUNCTIONS,
TI
HE SAID.
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