MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1978
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TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED SEVERAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN WAN CHAI AND SHA TIN WHICH WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON WEDNESDAY. (JUNE 14).
IN WAN CHAI, NORTHBOUND VEHICLES ON FLEMING ROAD WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO TURN RIGHT INTO LOCKHART ROAD AND EASTBOUND VEHICLES ON LOCKHART ROAD WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO TURN RIGHT INTO FLEMING - ROAD FROM 10 A.M. ON THAT DATE IN CONNECTION WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT THE JUNCTION OF THESE TWO ROADS.
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IN ADDITION, THE SECTION OF O'BRIEN ROAD BETWEEN LOCKHART ROAD AND HENNESSY ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE WAY SOUTHBOUND.
IN SHA TIN, WITH EFFECT FROM THE SAME TIME, THE THROUGH TRAFFIC ON TAI PO ROAD NEAR TUNG LO WAN WILL BE DIVERTED ONTO THE NEWL Y— CONSTRUCTED FLYOVER WHICH JOINS LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD OPPOSITE SHA TIN BY-PASS.
THE EXISTING SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD BETWEEN TUNG LO WAN AND RAILWAY LEVEL-CROSSING AT TAO FUNG SHAN WILL BE USED FOR LOCAL ACCESS ONLY.
MOREOVER, THE EXISTING BUS ROUTES ON THIS SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD WILL ALSO BE DIVERTED ONTO THE NEW ROAD. NEW BUS STOPS WILL BE PROVIDED.
MEANWHILE THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT FROM 10 A.M. ON JUNE 21, THE SECTION OF SHEK O ROAD BETWEEN SHEK O RESTAURANT AND SHEK O HEADLAND WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT THOSE REQUIRING ACCESS TO PREMISES IN THE AREA.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP IN ALL THESE AREAS TO ASSIST MOTORISTS.
WATER CUT ***
THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN TSUEN WAN WILL BE TURNED CFF FOR NINE HOURS FROM 9 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 14) TO FACILITATE WATER PIPE CONNECTION WORKS.
THE AREAS TO BE AFFECTED ARE TEXACO ROAD FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO TAI HA STREET, TAI HA STREET, ELOCKS 1-20 OF TAI WO HAU ESTATE AND BLOCKS 1-13 CF KWAI CHUNG ESTATE.
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