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TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1975
SPECIAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME IN N.T.
TO BEAT CONGESTION ON HOLIDAYS
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MOTORISTS TRAVELLING TO THE NEW TERRITORIES IN SUMMER SHOULD FIND THEIR JOURNEY TIMES REDUCED WITH THE RE-INTRODUCTION NEXT MONTH OF THE SPECIAL HOLIDAY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME ON TWO MAJOR ROADS -- CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND CLEARWATER BAY ROAD.
UNDER THE SCHEME. GOODS VEHICLES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO TRAVEL ALONG CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE ROADS DURING SPECIFIED HOURS ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, UNLESS AUTHORISED IN WRITING BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE SCHEME WAS INTENDED TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION CAUSED BY SLOW-MOVING LORRIES AND BY HEAVY VEHICLES BREAKING DOWN.
HE SAID IT WOULD ALSO GIVE PRIORITY TO PASSENGER TRANSPORT FOR A FEW HOURS TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO HAVE REASONABLY QUICK ACCESS TO BEACHES AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AREAS ALONG THE AFFECTED SECTIONS OF THE ROADS.
FOR CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, HE SAID, THE SUMMER HOLIDAY TRAFFIC SCHEME HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAS PROVED SUCCESSFUL. SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS WERE INTRODUCED LAST SUMMER ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND A SURVEY INDICATED THERE WAS A GENERAL INCREASE OF 10 PER CENT IN TRAFFIC VOLUME ON THE ROAD AND JOURNEY SPEED INCREASED BY ABOUT 14 PER CENT.
→BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF SLOW-MOVING LORRIES AND HEAVY VEHICLES BREAKING DOWN, BUS SERVICES IN THIS PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE ABLE TO ADHERE MORE CLOSELY TO THEIR TIMETABLES,+ HE SAID.
THIS YEAR, THE SCHEME WILL COME INTO OPERATION FROM MAY ↳ UNTIL OCTOBER 14 EXCEPT ON TWO PUBLIC HOLIDAYS - JUNE 14 AND JULY 1.
ON CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, ALL GOODS VEHICLES TRAVELLING IN AN EASTERLY (UPHILL) DIRECTION WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM USING THAT SECTION BETWEEN ITS JUNCTIONS WITH LUNG CHEUNG ROAD AND FEI NGOR SHAN ROAD FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS- AND GOODS VELLICLES TRAVELLING IN A DOWNHILL DIRECTION WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO USE THE SECTION OF TUS ROAD BETWEEN ITS JUNGTIONS WITH HIRAM'S HIGHWAY AND ANDERSON ROAD FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM.
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ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD, THEY WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM TRAVELLING ALONG THAT SECTION BETWEEN SHA TSUI ROAD AND CAUSEWAY ROAD FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM.
THE STOKESMAN
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