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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1992
(FRIDAY) TODAY
THAT
THE
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID
TRAFFIC LIGHTS TRIAL SCHEME WOULD LAST FOR THREE WEEKS DURING WHICH WOULD BE INSTALLED ON HONG CHONG ROAD NEAR HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
FROM SALISBURY THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WILL REGULATE TRAFFIC FLOWS ROAD AND THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND ALLOW THEM TO CROSS-WEAVE IN ORDERLY AND SYSTEMATIC WAY.
AN
NORTH OF THE USED FOR TRAFFIC
UNDER THE TRIAL SCHEME, THE TWO LEFT-HAND LANES TOLL PLAZA WILL BE SIGNAL-CONTROLLED AND SHOULD BE HEADING FOR KWAI CHUNG, MONG KOK OR TSIM SHA TSUI.
FREE-FLOWING THE TWO RIGHT-HAND LANES WILL REMAIN BE USED FOR TRAFFIC HEADING FOR SHA TIN AND KWUN TONG.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL BETWEEN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY MORE THAN 120,000 VEHICLES BOTH DIRECTIONS, AND A ABOUT 3,250 VEHICLES IN EACH DIRECTION,
AND SHOULD
IS A MAJOR LINK TRAFFIC FLOW OF FLOW OF
PEAK-HOUR
VERY THE
HEAVY DESIGN
DAILY
CAPACITY
TRAFFIC
OF
OF FLOW
120,000 AND IS 80,000
THE
VEHICLES MAXIMUM
THIS WELL EXCEEDS CAPACITY OF THE TUNNEL.
SHOULD NOT BR
CAPACITY MAXIMUN THIS "IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT CONSTRICTED IN ANY WAY BY TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE APPROACH ROADS EXIT ROADS OF THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
OR
BR
THE
SITE BY HE ADDED THAT THE TRIAL WOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED ON THE POLICE AND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND APPROPRIATE MEASURES WOULD
TAKEN IN PROMPTLY
OF TRAFFIC SURROUNDING ROAD NETWORKS.
CASE
CONGESTION
AFFECTING
MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO SELECT THE APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC AND TOLL BOOTHS WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL ON KOWLOON SIDE.
LANES THE
ADDITIONAL SIGNS
MARKINGS AND
WILL BE
TO INSTALLED
GUIDE
MOTORISTS AT THE TUNNEL EXIT.
THE SUCCESSFUL, IF THE TRIAL SCHEME PROVED SAID IT WOULD BE TURNED INTO A PERMANENT SCHEME WITH HONG BRING WIDENED TO BECOME A THREE-LANE
BE ΤΟ
OUTSIDE CARRIAGEWAY
SPOKESMAN CHONG ROAD HONG KONG
POLYTECHNIC.
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