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Aberdeen Tunnel industrial action
Owing to industrial action by some staff of Aberdeen Tunnel, traffic at the tunnel was disrupted between 5.36 pm and 6.06 pm today (Wednesday). However, the four autotoll lanes remained open during the period.
The Police and staff of the Transport Department were at the scene to monitor the situation.
"The Government's concern is the maintenance of smooth and safe traffic circulation within the tunnnel," a spokesman for the Transport Department said.
A meeting with the tunnel management contractor was immediately held in the evening to review the situation.
The Labour Department is assisting in settling the dispute between the staff and management.
The tunnel management contractor was requested to submit a written report on the incident tomorrow and to revise its contingency plan so as to improve its capability to handle such incidents to reduce any inconvenience to motorists to the minimum.
end/Wednesday, December 7, 1994
Bus lanes on approach roads to Aberdeen Tunnel
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Two bus lanes along the approach roads to Aberdeen Tunnel will be put into effect at 7 am on Saturday (December 10).
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A spokesman for the Transport Department said today (Wednesday) that the two bus lanes, each of 450 metres long, were designated along the slip roads off Wong Chuk Hang Road up to the toll plaza for buses coming from the west and the east.