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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994
HE SAID OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM WAS MONITORED BY BOTH THE CROSS
TUNNEL COMPANY HARBOUR
A AND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, AND
NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE.
THESE INCLUDED
MORE FREQUENT BROADCASTING IN THE TUNNEL TO ADVISE MOTORISTS OF THE LOCATION OF AUTOTOLL MESSAGES THE STATIONING OF MORE TUNNEL STAFF TO DIRECT THE TRAFFIC.
OF LANES AND
THE TRAFFIC FLOW AT THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL IS LIMITED BY
IN HOUR TUNNEL'S CAPACITY, WHICH IS ABOUT 3,200 VEHICLES PER DIRECTION, HE SAID.
THE EACH
"
AUTOTOLL CANNOT IN ITSELF REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION SINCE TUNNEL
AND THE IS
HOURS OPERATING BEYOND ITS CAPACITY DURING PEAK APPROACH ROADS AND EXIT POINTS ARE ALSO CONSTRAINING FACTORS.
THE
HR
USERS BUT
OF THE SYSTEM DO ENJOY THE BENEFIT OF A QUICKER PASSAGE THROUGH THE TOLL BOOTHS AND THEREFORE SAVE A LITTLE TIME, ADDED.
THE AUTOTOLL SYSTEM IS PROVIDED BY THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL THE WHICH HAS TAKEN STEPS TO PROMOTE IT, PARTICULARLY BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM LAST AUGUST.
COMPANY
MEASURES INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF POSTERS, PUBLICITY AND BROCHURES, AS WELL AS RADIO AND NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.
LEAFLET'S
MEASURES TO PREVENT FLOODING IN TUEN MUN
THE GOVERNMENT WILL IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE CHANNELS ON THE SLOPES NEXT TO THE EAST OF ALPINE GARDEN IN TUEN MUN BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE
SERIOUS FLOODING WHICH WET SEASON ΤΟ PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THE OCCURRED THERE ON NOVEMBER 6 LAST YEAR.
IN
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MICHAEL HO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR
BLAKE
NOTED
THAT
THE
FAR
90
BY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
INVESTIGATION GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE CIVIL HAD SHOWN THAT THE INCIDENT WAS IN PART RELATED TO THE OVERFLOWING THE TAI LAM CHUNG CATCHWATER DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.
THE
OF
DRAINAGE THEY ON
HE SAID FIELD OBSERVATIONS SUGGESTED THAT SOME OF THE CHANNELS IN THE AREA COULD NOT COPE WITH THE WATER FLOW BECAUSE WERE BLOCKED IN PLACES, PARTLY AS A RESULT OF SQUATTER ACTIVITIES THE SLOPE.
ALPINE
PARTIAL BLOCKAGE OF THE CHANNELS AND A CATCHPIT RESULTED IN THE OVERFLOW OF WATER, EROSION OF THE CUT SLOPES AND FLOODING IN GARDEN.
/HE SAID