SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1978
DURING THE FINAL STAGE, A TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNAL WILL BE ERECTED TO ALLOW VEHICLES TO RIGHT TURN FROM WATERLOO ROAD INTO HEREFORD ROAD AT THIS ROAD JUNCTION.
BUS ROUTES 3C, 7A, 70 AND 103 WILL BE DIVERTED TO OPERATE ALONG HEREFORD AND RENFREW ROADS.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT CONTINGENCY TRAFFIC PLANS HAS ALSO BEEN DRAWN UP FOR RACE DAYS IN SHA TIN,
HE SAID THAT IF TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS SERIOUS DURING RACE DAYS, THE POLICE MAY ARRANGE FOR THE TEMPORARY BANNING OF THE RIGHT TURNS FROM RUTLAND QUADRANT INTO WATERLOO ROAD AND FROM WATERLOO ROAD NORTHBOUND INTO CORNWALL STREET.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IF SUCH CHANGES TAKE PLACE THEN MOTORISTS WISHING TO GO TO THE WEST WILL BE DIRECTED TO USE THE SLIP ROAD LINKING THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF WATERLOO ROAD WITH THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF LUNG CHEUNG ROAD AT THE LION ROCK INTERCHANGE OUTSIDE THE LION ROCK TUNNEL.
HE ADDED THAT FOR THE TWO HOURS BEFORE THE FIRST RACE AT SHA TIN, THE NORTHBOUND BUS STOPS IN WATERLOO ROAD BETWEEN ARGYLE STREET AND PRINCE EDWARD ROAD WOULD BE SUSPENDED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SHA TIN RACE COURSE ARE NOW BEING FINALISED. AND THAT FULL DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER THIS MONTH.
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