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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1978
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TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS IN NORTHWEST
KOWLOON FOR MTR TSUEN WAN EXTENSION
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A FURTHER TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN NORTHWEST KOWLOON ON SUNDAY (AUGUST 13), TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATIONS AND TUNNELS OF THE TSUEN WAN EXTENSION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.
THIS SCHEME INVOLVES RE-ROUTING THE SECTION OF YU CHAU STREET BETWEEN WONG CHUK STREET AND YEN CHOW STREET TO ONE-WAY WESTBOUND.
THIS ROAD WILL REPLACE THE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC LANES IN CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD BETWEEN NAM CHEONG STREET AND YEN CHOW STREET WHICH WILL BE CLOSED TO GENERAL TRAFFIC BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 11 P.M.
DURING THE CLOSURE PERIOD THE ABOVE SECTION OF CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD WILL BE USED AS A BUS ONLY+ LANE.
THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC IN NAM CHEONG STREET WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM TURNING LEFT INTO YU CHAU STREET.
FROM SUNDAY, THE EXTENDED SECTION OF HING WAH STREET, SOUTH OF CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD, WILL BE OPENED TO ONE-WAY TRAFFIC SOUTHBOUND.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP AND TRAFFIC POLICE WILL BE ON HAND TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THIS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME INVOLVES ONLY A FEW TRAFFIC RE-ROUTINGS AND DIVERSIONS AND THE SETTING UP OF A BUS ONLY LANE. NO BUS-RE- ROUTINGS ARE INVOLVED FOR THE PRESENT.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT MAJOR BUS RE-ROUTINGS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT MONTH FULL DETAILS OF WHICH WOULD BE ANNOUNCED IN ADVANCE.
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