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SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1976.

TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS IN CENTRAL TO BE IMPLEMENTED ON WEDNESDAY

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A number of traffic diversions will be implemented in Central

District on Wednesday, April 7, to facilitate the construction of the

Mass Transit Railway stations.

Jackson Road will be closed to traffic between Des Voeux Road

Central and Chater Road, and will become part of the MTR works area.

To compensate for the loss of Jackson Road, a right turn from

Garden Road into Queensway will be provided. The right turn from Murray

Road into Queensway will be prohibited.

The width of the carriageway in Chater Road will be reduced

to seven metres, that is, two lanes of traffic, over most of its length

to facilitate the construction of Chater Station.

All traffic, except franchised buses, will be prohibited from

travelling westbound along Des Voeux Road Central between Bank Lane and

Queen Victoria Street. Diverted traffic will use Queen's Road Central,

Similarly, present traffic restrictions, except franchised

buses, on the section of Des Voeux Road Central eastbound between Pedder

Street and Queensway will be maintained.

Eastbound and westbound trams and buses will be maintained

through the works area at the Doe Voeux Road Central/Pedder Street

junction by means of temporary ramps and decking to a height of about

0.8 metre.

The tram tracks and temporary decking will be realigned from

time to time to facilitate the construction of Pedder Station.

Pedder Street traffic will be maintained by ramping up at the

junction to the elevated tram decking.

The eastbound