FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1988
EXCO APPROVES MEASURES TO ALLEVIATE TUNNEL CONGESTION
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A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC THE LION ROCK TUNNEL CAIRN TUNNEL IN FOR TRANSPORT, MR RICHARD
HAS ENDORSED COUNCIL THE GOVERNOR IN MANAGEMENT MEASURES TO MINIMISE CONGESTION AT AND TAI PO ROAD BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF THE TATE'S MID-1991, THE ACTING DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MEAKIN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
ONE OF
RECOMMENDATIONS THE
THE
MADE
THE IN
LION ROCK TUNNEL ARRANGEMENT TIDAL-FLOW
AND THE USE OF TRAFFIC STUDY IS THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS TO CONTROL THE MERGING OF TRAFFIC STREAMS AT THE THE APPROACH TO THE LION ROCK TUNNEL SHOULD REMAIN IN OPERATION UNTIL OPENING OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL.
THE STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT BY CONSULTANTS
BETWEEN OCTOBER AND
MAY.
AND SIGNAL-CONTROLLED MERGING PEAK HOURS SINCE
MR MEAKIN SAID THAT TIDAL-FLOW
DURING BEEN IN OPERATION SCHEMES HAVE JANUARY AND HAVE ACHIEVED POSITIVE RESULTS.
THE PEAK HOUR TUNNEL CAPACITY
MORNING
HAS BEEN INCREASED BY ABOUT
HAVE QUEUES SOUTHBOUND
BEEN ELIMINATED BEFORE 10 PER CENT, WHILE 7.30 AM AND SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED AFTER 7.30 AM.
TOLL SCHEME
WHEREBY
INTENDED THAT THE ONE-WAY IT IS ALSO
OF CHARGE AND SOUTHBOUND DRIVERS PASS THROUGH LION ROCK TUNNEL FREE NORTHBOUND DRIVERS PAY A "DOUBLE" $6 TOLL WILL BE RE-INTRODUCED. EARLY NEXT YEAR.
NORTHBOUND CAPACITY UPON THE COMPLETION OF
ADDITIONAL AS THIS WILL BE DONE AS SOON BECOMES AVAILABLE ON TAI PO ROAD NORTHBOUND THE STAGE II ROAD WIDENING WORKS.
THE ONE-WAY TOLL SCHEME WAS TRIED AND EVALUATED AT THE LAST YEAR.
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THROUGH
ALTHOUGH GIVING SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES A NON-STOP PASSAGE
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ANY
ON TUNNEL BOOTHS THE TOLL
DID NOT HAVE
IN A DIVERSION THROUGHPUT, THE INCREASED NORTHBOUND TOLL DID RESULT OF NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC TO TAI PO ROAD.
PO ROAD WILL OF THE FOUR TUNNEL HOURS, TO BE
THE DIVERSION OF SOME NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC TO TAI ENABLE THE TIDAL-FLOW SCHEME, WHICH GIVES THREE LANES TO KOWLOON-BOUND TRAFFIC BEFORE THE MORNING PEAK OPERATED UP TO HALF AN HOUR LONGER.
THIS WILL FURTHER INCREASE CAPACITY FOR KOWLOON-BOUND TRAFFIC.
IS
THE
ROCK
MR MEAKIN SAID ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION ENDORSED BY EXCO IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRIORITY MEASURES ON THE LION
TUNNEL CORRIDOR.
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