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SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1976

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NEW ROAD TO EASE CONGESTION IN KWUN TONG

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MOTORISTS TRAVELLING FROM KWUN TONG TO SAU MAU PING, LAM TIN AND LEI YUE MUN WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO SUFFER, THE CONGESTION ON KWUN TONG ROAD.

ON MONDAY (MAY 3) AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE WILL BE OPENED. IT IS THE EXTENSION OF WAI YIP STREET WHICH WILL BE OPENED FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH LAI YIP STREET TO ITS JUNCTION WITH KWUN TONG ROAD NEAR CHOI SHEK LANE.

IT WILL BE OPENED TO THROUGH TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM 10 A.M. ON MONDAY.

THE EASTERN ENTRY/EXIT POINT IS AT THE JUNCTION OF HOI YUEN ROAD AND WAI YIP STREET. THE WESTERN ENTRANCE AND EXIT IS AT KWUN TONG ROAD NEAR CHOI SHEK LANE WHERE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL ENTER BY WAY OF THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED FLYOVER.

THE NEW ROAD WILL BECOME A VITAL RELIEF ROUTE WHEN MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY WORKS REDUCE KWUN TONG ROAD TO ONLY ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION LATER THIS YEAR.

ALSO ON MAY 3, AN URBAN CLEARWAY WILL BE INTRODUCED

ALONG THE SECTION OF WAI YIP STREET BETWEEN HO YUEN ROAD AND KWUN TONG ROAD. NO MOTOR VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL BE ALLOWED TO STOP THERE TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS OR GOODS FROM 7 A.M. TO 10 A.M. AND FROM 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M. DAILY,

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE DISPLAYED INDICATING THE NEW SECTION OF ROAD AND URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTION.

TWO NEW BUS ROUTES FOR HONG KONG ISLAND

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TWO NEW BUS ROUTES WILL BE INTRODUCED ON HONG KONG ISLAND FROM MONDAY (MAY 3) AS PART OF THE CMB ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID. THE NEW ROUTES, NUMBERED 11A AND 24, WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES FROM LAI TAK TSUEN TO SUPPLEMENT ROUTE 23A, AT THE SAME- TIME PROVIDING A BUS SERVICE ALONG HOLLYWOOD ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME.

ROUTE 11A WILL OPERATE ON A BASIC 7/8-MINUTE FREQUENCY FROM LAI TAK TSUEN TO WAN CHAI FERRY VIA CAUSEWAY BAY AND HENNESSY ROAD. THIS SUBURBAN ROUTE WILL HAVE A 30 CENT FARE.

THE NEW ROUTE 24 WILL OPERATE ON A BASIC 10-MINUTE FREQUENCY BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY (MAGISTRACY CAR PARK) VIA GLOUCESTER ROAD, CENTRAL DISTRICT, DES VOEUX ROAD WEST, QUEEN STREET, HOLLYWOOD ROAD AND CHATER ROAD RETURNING TO CAUSEWAY BAY VIA HENNESSY ROAD. THIS URBAN ROUTE WILL HAVE A 30 CENT ADULT FARE AND 20 CENT FARE FOR CHILDREN.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THAT A NEW CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTE NO. 113 WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN MID-MAY BETWEEN CHOI HUNG AND WESTERN DISTRICT VIA WONG TAI SIN, LOK FU AND CENTRAL DISTRICT.

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