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DANGEROUS BENDS TO BE IMPROVED
Thursday, August 17, 1972
Four dangerous bends on Peak Road on Hong Kong Island are to be
improved to provide safer conditions for motorists.
The bends are located near the junctions with Gough Hill Path, Bluff
Path, near house number 71 and the Peak Police Station.
The work will form the first phase of an overall project to improve
all dangerous bends along Peak Road, Stubbs Road, Tai Hang Road and Repulse
Bay Road,
These bends are substandard and inadequate for present day traffic,
particularly for commercial vehicles, regular bus services and especially
tourist buses.
Most of the tourist buses are up to 30 feet long compared with 25
None of the bends will allow 30
feet for most other commercial vehicles.
foot vehicles to pass in safety and some of them are regarded as unsafe for
25-foot long vehicles.
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