WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1991
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KWUN TONG BYPASS PHASE 2 OPENS ON FRIDAY
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OPENED
THE KWUN TONG BYPASS IS NEAR COMPLETION AND A SECTION FROM WAI YIP STREET TO THE WANG CHIU ROAD/KAI FUK ROAD JUNCTION WILL BE TO TRAFFIC FROM 1 PM ON FRIDAY (JUNE 14).
THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID: "WITH THE OPENING OF THIS SECTION, MOTORISTS TRAVELLING EAST CAN ENTER KWUN TONG BYPASS EITHER FROM A SLIP ROAD AT KAI FUK ROAD
A IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE AIRPORT TUNNEL, OR FROM
SLIP ROAD AT WANG
CHIU ROAD.
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"THEY MAY LEAVE THE BYPASS EITHER VIA WAI YIP STREET го TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA OR VIA KWUN TONG BYPASS PHASE 1 TO TSEUNG KWAN TUNNEL, OR TO LEI YUE MUN ROAD AND EASTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL.
"FOR MOTORISTS HEADING WEST, THEY CAN ENTER THE BYPASS FROM LEI YUE MUN ROAD, TSEUNG KWAN O ROAD, WAI YIP STREET/CHA KWO LING ROAD JUNCTION; AND CAN LEAVE THE BYPASS VIA EITHER A SLIP ROAD TO WESTBOUND
SLIP ROAD TO KAI FUK ROAD LEADING TO THE AIRPORT TUNNEL, OR A
WANG CHIU ROAD AND WAI VIP STREET WHICH CAN LEAD TO CHOI HUNG INTERCHANGE,' HE SAID.
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MEANWHILE, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPENING OF KWUN TONG BYPASS PHASE
THE 2, FOLLOWING TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE INTRODUCED AT THE SAME TIME.
HAI YIP STREET AND
BETWEEN THE SECTION OF KWUN TONG BYPASS WANG CHLU ROAD/KAI FUK ROAD JUNCTION INCLUDING ITS SLIP ROADS WILL BE DESIGNATED AS 24-HOUR RESTRICTED ZONES.
THE WITHIN
RESTRICTED ZONES, ALL MOTOR VERICLES
PROHIBITED FROM PICKING UP OR SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS, UNLOADING GOODS.
WILL
BE
OR LOADING
OR
AND
ALL PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, LEARNER DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS CYCLISTS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THE ABOVE-MENTIONED ROAD SECTION.
KAI FUK APART FROM ITS SLIP ROADS LINKING WITH WANG CHIU ROAD,
SUBJECT TO A SPEED ROAD AND WAT YEP STREET WESTBOUND WHICH WILL BE
OF KKUN TONG LIMIT OF 50 KILOMETRES PER HOUR, THE AFORESAID SECTION BYPASS WILL BE SUBJECT TO A SPEED LIMIT OF 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR.
WEEKS DURING THE FIRST TWO
OPENING,
OF THE ROAD'S
TRAFFIC STREET BASTBOUND ONTO WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT FROM WAI YIP
WAI YIP STREET THE BYPASS AND ALL TRAFFIC LEAVING THE BYPASS AT THE JUNCTION WILL HAVE TO
WAT YIP STREET WESTBOUND TO FACILITATE ROAD WORKS IN THE VICINITY.
LEFT TURN
TO
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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