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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1974
SPEED LIMITS TO BE REVIEWED
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A CLOSE EXAMINATION IS TO BE MADE TO DETERMINE WHETHER CHANGES IN THE SPEED LIMIT ON CERTAIN ROADS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, THE HON. JAMES ROBSON, SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENT TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR. THE HON. S.Y. CHUNG WHO WANTED TO KNOW IF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER INCREASING THE SPEED LIMIT TO 40 M.P.H. FOR SOME NEW OR IMPROVED MOTORWAYS IN KOWLOON SUCH AS THE WIDENED PORTION OF LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, CORNWALL STREET EXTENSION AND PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD.
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR MUST BE SAFETY, MR. ROBSON SAID, AND IN THIS RESPECT IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO RAISE THE SPEED LIMIT ON LUNG CHEUNG ROAD UNTIL WORK ON ITS WIDENING AND ON THE INTER- CHANGES AT THE WESTERN END IS COMPLETED.
HOWEVER, MR. ROBSON ASSURED DR. CHUNG THAT THE NEED TO PROVIDE REALISTIC SPEED LIMITS ON ALL ROADS WAS UNDER CONSTANT CONSIDERATION, AND THE CORNWALL STREET EXTENSION AND PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REVIEW TO BE MADE.
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