XN000022-1978-05-04 — Page 6

THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1978

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TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN TUEN MUN

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED SEVERAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON SATURDAY (MAY 6) IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPENING OF TUEN MUN ROAD AND PUI TO ROAD ROUNDABOUT.

FROM 10 A.M. ON THAT DAY, A 24-HOUR CLEARWAY RESTRICTION, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL BE IMPOSED ON TUEN MUN ROAD FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH CASTLE PEAK ROAD AT CHAI WAN KOK TO A POINT ABOUT 2,460 FEET NORTH OF PUI TO ROAD ROUNDABOUT AND ON PUI TO ROAD FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO A POINT ABOUT 200 FEET WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH TUEN MUN ROAD.

THE FOLLOWING ROAD SECTIONS WILL ALSO BE RESTRICTED TO PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS AND LEARNER DRIVERS:

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TUEN MUN ROAD FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH CASTLE PEAK ROAD AT CHAI WAN KOK TO ITS JUNCTION WITH PUI TO ROAD AT TUEN MUN- AND

* THE UNNAMED SLIP ROADS LINKING CASTLE PEAK ROAD WITH

TUEN MUN ROAD AT SIU LAM AND SHAM TSENG.

IN ADDITION, PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING PUI TO ROAD WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH TUEN MUN ROAD.

HOWEVER, THE EXISTING PLB RESTRICTED ZONE FROM THE SECTION OF PUI TO ROAD BETWEEN ITS JUNCTION WITH CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND ITS JUNCTION WITH TUEN MUN ROAD WILL BE CANCELLED.

MEANWHILE, THE CURRENT DIVERSION OF TRAFFIC FROM THE NORTH- BOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD ONTO PUI TO ROAD NEAR WONG KA WAI VILLAGE WILL CEASE, AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN THE DIVERSION POINT AT WONG KA WAI VILLAGE AND ITS JUNCTION WITH PUI TO ROAD WILL BE REVERTED TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SECTION OF PUI TO ROAD BETWEEN CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND PUI TO ROAD ROUNDABOUT WILL BE REVERTED TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.

THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT FROM THE SAME TIME ON SATURDAY, A SPEED LIMIT OF 40 MILES PER HOUR WILL BE IMPOSED ON TUEN MUN ROAD FROM A POINT 164 FEET WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND CHAI WAN KOK TO A POINT 1,066 FEET NORTH OF SAM SHING HUI BRIDGE IN TUEN MUN.

HOWEVER AT SIU LAM, A SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MILES PER HOUR WILL BE IMPOSED ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD AT A POINT 262 FEET EAST OF THE SIU LAM INTERCHANGE TO A POINT 984 FEET WEST OF THE SAME INTERCHANGE.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP IN THESE AREAS TO INDICATE THE RESTRICTIONS AND ASSIST MOTORISTS.