SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1991
EXPRESSWAY LEGISLATION TAKES EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 1
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THE EXPRESSWAY LEGISLATION WILL COME INTO FORCE ON OCTOBER 1 (TUESDAY), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT REMINDED MOTORISTS TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE LEGISLATION INCLUDES NEW DRIVING RULES, AND CONTROL OVER VEHICLES AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS AND ROAD WORKS ON ROADS DESIGNATED AS EXPRESSWAYS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE START AND END POINTS OF AN EXPRESSWAY WILL BE INDICATED BY TRAFFIC SIGNS WHILE WARNING SIGNS WILL ALSO BE PUT UP IN ADVANCE OF THE STARTING POINTS OF AN EXPRESSWAY.
THE ROADS DESIGNATED AS EXPRESSWAYS INCLUDE:
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SHA TIN, THROUGH
NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR TRUNK ROAD FROM TAI PO AND FANLING TO FAIRVIEW PARK IN YUEN INCLUDING SHA TIN ROAD AND TOLO HIGHWAY;
LONG DISTRICT,
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TUEN MUN ROAD AND TSUEN WAN ROAD;
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ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR;
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KWUN TONG BYPASS; AND
* ROADS T5 AND T6 IN SHA TIN,
UNDER THE LEGISLATION, LEARNERS, PEDESTRIANS, ANIMALS, PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES AND ANY VEHICLE WITH AN ENGINE CAPACITY UNDER 125 CC ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE AN EXPRESSWAY.
HOWEVER, THE PROHIBITION WILL NOT APPLY TO TAI PO ROAD (SHA TIN) BETWEEN ITS JUNCTION WITH THE SLIP-ROADS LEADING TO/FROM FO TAN ROAD AND ITS JUNCTION WITH TOLO HIGHWAY; ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR BETWEEN ITS JUNCTION WITH THE EASTERN EXIT/APPROACH LEADING FROM/TO THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND THE SAI WAN HO INTERCHANGE; AND THE SLIP-ROADS LINKING ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR WITH TAI HONG STREET.
MOREOVER, EXEMPTIONS HAVE BEEN GRANTED то THE GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES NOW USING TOLO HIGHWAY, NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR TRUNK ROAD BETWEEN ITS PAK SHEK AU INTERCHANGE AND ITS JUNCTION WITH FAN KAM ROAD, AND TUEN MUN ROAD TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE VIA THESE EXPRESSWAYS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
EXEMPTIONS ARE ALSO GRANTED TO ALL PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, INCLUDING BOTH RED AND GREEN MINIBUSES, TO USE TSUEN WAN ROAD AND its JUNCTION WITH TAI CHUNG ROAD AND ITS JUNCTION WITH KWAI CHUNG ROAD, AND SHA TIN ROAD BETWEEN ITS JUNCTION WITH LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD AND ITS JUNCTION WITH TAI PO ROAD.
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