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Sunday, March 31, 1974

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SPECIAL HOLIDAY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN NEW TERRITORIES

Motorists travelling to various parts of the New Territories

should find their journey times reduced with the introduction next

Friday (April 5) of special holiday traffic arrangements on two major

roads

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Castle Peak Road and Clearwater Bay Road.

On Castle Peak Road, an experimental traffic management scheme

is being implemented on Sundays and public holidays to reduce traffic

congestion.

Initially it will be in operation for two months and during this

time, goods vehicles will not be permitted to travel on Castle Peak Road

between its junction with Sha Tsui Road in Tsuen Wan and Causeway Road in

Tuen Mun between the hours of 11 a.m. and 6 P..

A spokesman for the Transport Department said today that the

schono, which was first announced early in February, was intended to reduce

congestion caused by slow moving lorries and by heavy vehicles breaking down.

It would also give priority to passenger transport for a fow

hours to enable people to have reasonably quick access to beaches and other

recreational areas along this section of Castle Peak Road.

He emphasised that with the implementation of the scheme there would

still not be a total ban on the movement of goods vehicles to and from the

western side of the New Territories; alternative routes are available on Tai

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Po Road, Route Twisk, and on Castle Peak Road outside the restricted hours.

Also on Friday (April 5) the annual summer Clearwater Bay Road

restrictions on goods vehicles will come into operation.

/From April 5