XN000022-1978-06-19 — Page 8

MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1978

THE SPOKESMAN SAID NEW SETS OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL BE INSTALLED AND CO-ORDINATED THROUGH THE AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE COMPUTER SYSTEMS.

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HE URGED MOTORISTS TO DRIVE WITH PARTICULAR CARE IN VIE OF NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN THE AREA,

TO AVOID INCONVENIENCE, HE SAID, THROUGH TRAFFIC CAN BYPASS AREA BY WAY OF LUNG CHEUNG ROAD AND CHING CHEUNG ROAD.

LORRY PARKING SPACES AND LOADING AND UNLOADING SPACES IN YEN CHOW STREET WILL BE CANCELLED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN AND OUT OF THE SHAM SHUI PO FERRY CONCOURSE,

A NEW OFF-STREET LORRY PARK WITH 160 SPACES HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN HING WAH STREET SOUTH OF CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD AND IS NOW OPEN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

BLACK'S LINK OPEN TO CARS AND TAXIS ******

BLACK'S LINK WILL SHORTLY BE OPENED TO PRIVATE CARS AND TAXIS TRAVELLING FROM WONG NAI CHUNG GAP TO MAGAZINE GAP DURING MORNING HOURS AS AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE TO CENTRAL.

THIS SCHEME IS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS AND IS AIMED AT ALLEVIATING THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE STUBBS ROAD ROUNDABOUT PRIOR TO LONG-TERM MEASURES WHICH ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY TO IMPROVE THIS JUNCTION.

THE ROAD WILL BE OPENED BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 10 A.M. FROM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS ONLY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT DESPITE RECENT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NUMBER OF PASSING BAYS AND CONCRETE MARGINS ALONG THE ROAD, BLACK'S LINK IS STILL QUITE NARROW AND A NUMBER OF BENDS ARE FAIRLY TIGHT. LARGE CARS WIDER THAN SIX FEET ARE THEREFORE NOT ADVISED TO USE THIS ROUTE.

HE ALSO URGED MOTORISTS TO DRIVE WITH UTMOST CARE WHEN THE ROAD IS OPENED.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO SET UP APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS AND WHEN THIS WORK IS COMPLETED, BLACK'S LINK WILL BE OPENED TO RESTRICTED TRAFFIC.

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