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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1977

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN CENTRAL ******

THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL BETWEEN ICE HOUSE STREET AND PEDDER STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRAMS, FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS STARTING FROM 10 A.M. ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 26) IN ORDER TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY PEDDER STATION.

IN THIS CONNECTION, THE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED :

ICE HOUSE STREET BETWEEN DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL AND QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, WHICH IS PRESENTLY ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND, WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND-

WESTBOUND VEHICLES ENTERING DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL BEYOND BANK STREET FROM QUEENSWAY AND GARDEN ROAD WILL BE DIRECTED TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT INTO ICE HOUSE STREET,.

AT THE SAME TIME, NORTHBOUND VEHICLES PROCEEDING FROM THE UPPER SECTION OF ICE HOUSE STREET WILL BE DIRECTED TO TURN LEFT AT THE JUNCTION WITH QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

AS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS, NORMAL TRAM SERVICES IN DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL WILL BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF THE ROAD CLOSURE.

HOWEVER, FROM 10 A.M. ON SATURDAY, CERTAIN BUS SERVICES WILL BE DIVERTED AS FOLLOWS:

CMB ROUTES 5A, 5B AND CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTES 111, 113 AND 121 TRAVELLING WESTBOUND ALONG DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL WILL BE DIVERTED TO OPERATE VIA ICE HOUSE STREET, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND QUEEN VICTORIA STREET TO REJOIN DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

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CMB ROUTE 10 AND CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTES 101, 104 AND 105 TRAVELLING WESTBOUND ALONG DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL WILL BE DIVERTED TO OPERATE VIA ICE HOUSE STREET, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND QUEEN'S ROAD WEST AND

CMB ROUTES 23A AND 24 AND CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTE 103 TRAVELLING NORTHBOUND ALONG ICE HOUSE STREET WILL BE DIVERTED TO OPERATE VIA QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, PEDDER STREET AND CHATER ROAD.

TWO TEMPORARY BUS STOPS FOR CMB ROUTES 5A, 58 AND 10 AND CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTES 101, 104, 105, 111 AND 113 WILL BE PROVIDED AT 55 AND 66, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL TO REPLACE THE EXISTING BUS STOP AT 24, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

/A SPOKESMAN

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