XN000022-1974-06-26 — Page 5

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1974

+HOWEVER, SHOULD IT BE EVENTUALLY DECIDED NOT TO IMPLEMENT THE EXCLUSIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, THE SPACE RESERVED MAY BE USED AS OPEN SPACE OR AMENITY PLANTING AREAS BY A SUITABLE TREATMENT OF R.O.. STRIP WITHIN THE CROSS SECTION OF THE DISTRICT DISTRIBUTOR ROADS IN WHICH THE RESERVE HAS BEEN PLANNED. THIS WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT.+

EXPLAINING HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, MR. CHAN SAID THE R.O.W. WOULD BE SEGREGATED FROM THE GENERAL TRAFFIC AND IT WOULD BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT. THUS THE WORKING OF THE SYSTEM WILL NOT BE HINDERED BY GENERAL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.

+TO PROVIDE REASONABLE COVERAGE, THE ROUTE FOLLOWS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE DISTRICT DISTRIBUTOR ROADS AND IT IS GENERALLY SITED IN THE CENTRE OF SUCH ROAD. THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS 24 FEET WIDE FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AND IS SEPARATED FROM THE CARRIAGEWAYS CARRYING GENERAL TRAFFIC BY SIX FEET VERGES.

+AT STOPPING POINTS, WHICH ARE SITED NEAR MAJOR TRANSPORT GENERATORS AND SPACED ROUGHLY AT 1/4 MILE INTERVAL, THE VERGE WIDEN TO TEN FEET TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PASSENGER PLATFORMS.

+THE RESERVE IS SITED AT-GRADE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, BUT WHERE THE RESERVE CROSSES ROADS AND JUNCTIONS, IT MAY BE ELEVATED OR OTHERWISE SEGREGATED BY UNDER-PASSES. PASSENGER ACCESS TO STOPPING POINTS IS BY MEANS OF FOOTBRIDGES OR SUBWAYS, + HE SAID.

MR. CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE DISTRIBUTOR ROADS WITH A RIGHT-OF-WAY IN THE CENTRE MUST BE, BY NECESSITY, OF 108 FEET WIDE. +THIS IS BECAUSE AT LEAST 36 FEET OF ITS WIDTH IS RESERVED FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.+

WITH THE R.O.W. CARRYING SPECIAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES SEGREGATED FROM OTHER TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD, THE FAST MOVEMENT OF LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE FROM ONE POINT OF THE TOWN TO ANOTHER IS THUS ENSURED.

+THIS ADDS UP TO A BETTER LIFE FOR THOSE WHO WILL SETTLE IN THE NEW TOWN IN THE COMING YEARS.+

HE ALSO SAID THAT PROVISION HAD BEEN MADE FOR BRANCHING OFF OF THE R.0.W. NETWORK INTO AREAS WHERE MAJOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WERE TO BE SITED. IN ADDITION, THE NETWORK WAS DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT COULD BE LINKED TO OUT-OF-TOWN TRUNK ROUTES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A SKETCH ILLUSTRATING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SYSTEM IS BOXED TONIGHT.

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