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Friday, November 9, 1973

NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR P.L.B. OPERATIONS IN CENTRAL

To Reduce Traffic Congestion

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A new traffic management scheme for public light buses aimed at

improving traffic flow in Central District will be introduced early next

month.

The intorduction of this scheme comes after careful study by staff

of the PWD Highways Office, Police Traffic Branch and Transport Department.

Under the new scheme, the movement of PLES and the points where

they may pick up or set down passengers, are kept as far as possible outside

the congested Central District, but not so far out as to cause problems for

passengers.

The main difficulty has been to find big enough sites in the right

places. At peak hours on weekdays, about 700 PLBS an hour depart from Central

for Wan Chai, North Point and Shau Kei Wan, while nearly 400 PLBS an hour

depart in the other direction for Pok Fu Lam, Wah Fu and Aberdeen.

A three-stage scheme will start early next month with new PLB stands

for picking up passengers on the reclamation at Rumsey Street; at the eastern

end of the area in front of the Vehicular ferry terminal; and at the eastern

end of the Central Bus Station, with pedestrian access by the existing overhead

footbridge to and from Central.

Further stands for westbound PLBs will also be set up in Stanley

Street and Wellington Street.

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