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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1974

PEAK-HOUR URBAN CLEARWAY SYSTEM

TO BE INTRODUCED IN SHAU KEI WAN

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A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME, FEATURING A PEAK-HOUR URBAN CLEARWAY SYSTEM, IS TO BE INTRODUCED IN SHAU KEI WAN DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOU AND TO PREVENT THE CONGESTION SITUATION FROM DETERIORATING.

THE SCHEME WILL COME INTO EFFECT FROM 10 A.1. ON

WEDNESDAY COCTOBER 16).

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY EXPLAINED THAT IN SHAU KE! VAN, TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE MAI!! ROADS VERE UNSATISFACTORY BECAUSE THE RELATIVELY HARROW CARRIAGEWAY COULD HARDLY COPE WITH THE HEAVY VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.

THE SCHEME, HE SAID, AIMED AT EASING TRAFFIC CONGESTION BY PROHIBITING KERBSIDE STOPPING ACTIVITIES DURING PEAK HOURS.

THE URBAN CLEARWAY SYSTEM, TO BE IMPOSED ON TWO MAJOR ROADS, WILL PROHIBIT ALL VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES AND TRANS, FROM STOPPING TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS AND TO LOAD OR UNLOAD GOODS FROM 7 A.M. TO 10 A.M. AND FROM 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M. EACH DAY.

FOR EASTBOUND TRAFFIC, THE CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE ENFORCED ALONG THE SECTION OF SHAU KEI WAN ROAD BETWEEN TAI ON STREET AND FACTORY STREET, AND THE SECTION OF SHAU KEI WAN MAIN STREET EAST BETWEEN FACTORY STREET AND KAM WAH STREET.

FOR WESTBOUND TRAFFIC, THEY WILL APPLY TO THE SECTION OF SHAU KEI WAN ROAD BETWEEN THE SHAU KEI WAN POLICE STATION AND .. FACTORY STREET, AND THE SECTION OF SHAU KEI WAN MAIN STREET EAST BETWEEN FACTURY STREET AND KAM UAH STREET.

UNDER THE TRAFFIC HANAGEMENT SCHEME, PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE SECTION OF SAI WAN HO STREET BETWEEN TAI CHEONG STREET AND TAI FOO STREET.

BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND MIDNIGHT DAILY, THEY WILL ALSO BE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING UP OR SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS IN HOI LEE STREET AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF STREETS DETWEEN SAI UAN HO STREET AND SHAU KEI VAN ROAD :- TAI LOK STREET, TAI MING STREET, SHING ON STREET, HOLY CROSS PATH, HOI AN STREET AND HOT FOO STREET.

HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE PROVIDED WITH TWO PLB STANDS AT HOI NING STREET AND TAI FOO STREET. THESE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN ACREED BY PLB OPERATORS DURING A SITE MEETING HELD IN JUNE WITH TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS DETAILS OF THE SCHEME.

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