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SPEED LIMIT ON ROUTE 4

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1976

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT A SPEED LIMIT OF 40 MILES PER HOUR WOULD BE IMPOSED ON CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ROUTE 4, THE MAJOR ROAD LINK BETWEEN KWUN TONG AND KWAI CHUNG, FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE CHING CHEUNG ROAD EXTENSION AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW.

AMONG THOSE ROAD SECTIONS AFFECTED ARE:

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CHING CHEUNG ROAD EXTENSION FROM THE BUTTERFLY VALLEY INTERCHANGE (JUNCTION OF CHING CHEUNG ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD) TO KWAI CHUNG ROAD

* THE WHOLE LENGTH OF BUTTERFLY VALLEY ROAD FROM

BUTTERFLY VALLEY INTERCHANGE TO THE EXISTING 30 MILES PER HOUR TRAFFIC SIGNS ON BUTTERFLY VALLEY ROAD, AND

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KWAI CHUNG ROAD FROM THE EXISTING 30 MILES PER HOUR TRAFFIC SIGNS AT THE WEST END OF LAI CHI KOK BRIDGE TO A POINT ABOUT 460 FEET TO THE WEST OF THE END OF THE SLIP ROAD FROM PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL (WESTBOUND).

HOWEVER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE ROAD WORKS ON KWAI CHUNG ROAD, THE SECTION OF ROAD BETWEEN THE EXISTING 30 MILES PER HOUR TRAFFIC SIGNS NEAR THE JUNCTION OF KWAI FOO ROAD TO A POINT ABOUT 1,800 FEET SOUTH-WEST OF THE SAID JUNCTION, WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO INDICATE THE EXACT BOUNDARIES OF THE SPEED LIMIT ZONES.

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