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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1989
EASTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL TO OPEN TOMORROW
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THE EASTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL WILL OPEN TO TRAFFIC FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
10.30 PM
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IN OPERATION IN THE
TO TIE IN ROADS TO THE TUNNEL IN KWUN TONG AND QUARRY BAY OPENING.
APPROACH WITH THE
YUE IN KOWLOON, VEHICLES CAN ENTER THE TUNNEL THROUGH LEI
ROAD, TONG
OR VIA ΝΑΙ YIP
AND STREET ROAD, EITHER VIA KWUN ADJOINING FLYOVER.
MUN AN
OR
ACCESS ΤΟ LEI YUE VEHICLES EXITING FROM THE TUNNEL CAN GAIN MUN ROAD VIA AN UNDERPASS. THEY CAN THEN PROCEED TO KWUN TONG ROAD TO WAI YIP STREET, AND HO1 BUN ROAD.
BE
TO ENSURE A SMOOTH FLOW OF TRAFFIC, ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL TAKEN TO KEEP WAI YIP STREET AND HOI BUN ROAD UNOBSTRUCTED AND FREB
PARKING, HOWEVER, OF ILLEGAL DOUBLE
LOADING AND UNLOADING DURING
KERB SIDE WILL OFF-PEAK PERIODS ON THE LANE
STILL BE
ALLOWED.
THE NEARER
THE ISLAND IN QUARRY BAY, THE EASTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL CONNECTS
QUARRY BAY. TRAFFIC COMING EASTERN CORRIDOR VIA AN INTERCHANGE AT
SIGNS AND ROAD FROM THE TUNNEL WILL BE GUIDED BY GANTRY DIRECTIONAL MARKINGS TO CHAI WAN, SAI WAN HO, KORNHILL OR NORTH POINT.
WHILE
THE MAXIMUM KILOMETRES PER HOUR, A LIMIT
QUARRY BAY IMPOSED AT THE
SPEED LIMIT INSIDE OF 50 KILOMETRES ENTRANCE AND
TUNNEL THE PER EXIT DUE
HOUR ΤΟ
19 HAS SIGHT
70
BEEN
LINE
CONSTRAINT.
THE
TRANSPORT
ADVISED DEPARTMENT
VEHICLES USING THE EASTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL MUST LIMIT OF 4.8 METRES.
ΤΟ MOTORISTS
NOT EXCEED
NOTE
THAT HRIGHT
USING SERVICES
THE
MEANWHILE, TWO
NEW
CROSS HARBOUR BUS EASTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL WILL BE INTRODUCED ON FRIDAY.
(CENTRAL) AND ROUTE NO. 601 WILL OPERATE BETWEEN SAU MAU PING
WILL RUN AT 12-MINUTE ADMIRALTY MTR STATION AT A FARE OF $3. BUSES INTERVALS.
ROUTE NO. 606 WILL OPERATE BETWEEN CHOI WAN AND CHAI WAN THE FARE IS $3 AND SERVICES WILL BE AT 12-MINUTE INTERVALS.
EAST.
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