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SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1976

WAI YIP STREET EXTENSION TO OPEN ON JUNE 1

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THE WA! Y!P STREET EXTENSION FROM KING YIP STREET TO CHA KWO LING ROAD IN KWUN TONG WILL BE OPENED TO THROUGH TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM 10 A.M. ON TUESDAY (JUNE 1),

THE OPENING OF THE EXTENSION, TOGETHER WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS IN SECTIONS OF WAI YIP STREET AND CHA KWU LING ROAD, IS INTENDED TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE M.T.R. STATION.

WEST-BOUND TRAFFIC REQUIRING ACCESS TO WAI YIP STREET MAY TURN LEFT FROM LEI YUE MUN ROAD TO CHA KWO LING ROAD AND THEN TURN RIGHT NEAR THE SHELL OIL DEPOT ONTO THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ROAD EXTENSION.

AT THE SAME TIME, CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS (FRANCHISED BUSES EXEMPTED) WILL BE IMPOSED ON THE FOLLOWING ROADS: WAI YIP STREET BETWEEN HOI YUEN ROAD AND THE FERRY CONCOURSE ACCESS ROAD- WA! YIP STREET BETWEEN KING YIP STREET AND CHA KWO LING ROAD AND CHA KWO LING ROAD BETWEEN WAI YIP STREET AND LE YUE MUN ROAD.

THE RESTRICTIONS WILL APPLY FROM 7 A.M. TO 10 A.M. AND FROM 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M.

WAI YIP STREET BETWEEN THE FERRY CONCOURSE ACCESS ROAD AND KING YIP STREET WILL HAVE CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M.

ALL MOTOR VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS OR TO LOAD OR UNLOAD GOODS DURING THESE HOURS.

IN ADDITION. A 24-HOUR NO-WAITING RESTRICTION WILL BE IMPOSED ALONG THESE ROADS.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO INDICATE THE

RESTRICTIONS,

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