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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1980
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME IN QUARRY BAY
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NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM 11 AM ON FRIDAY (AUGUST 1) IN QUARRY BAY AS PART OF THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG KING'S ROAD.
UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS, THE LEFT-HAND TRAFFIC LANE IN SHIPYARD LANE WILL BE DESIGNATED AN URBAN CLEARWAY WITHIN WHICH ALL MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM STOPPING FOR PASSENGERS AND GOODS BETWEEN 7 AM AND MIDNIGHT DAILY.
THE EXISTING URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTION ALONG THE EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF KING'S ROAD, BETWEEN HOUSE NO. 993 AND A POINT ABOUT 7 METRES EAST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH THE EASTERN ENTRY INTO SHIPYARD LANE, WILL BE EXTENDED EAST BY ABOUT 10 METRES.
THE SECTION OF THE EASTBOUND TRAM TRACK ON KING'S ROAD BETWEEN YAU MAN STREET AND GREIG ROAD WILL BE PROHIBITED TO ALL MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES.
THE SECTION OF THE WESTBOUND TRAM TRACK ON KING'S ROAD BETWEEN ITS JUNCTIONS WITH YAU MAN STREET AND WESTLANDS ROAD WILL ALSO BE PROHIBITED TO ALL MOTOR VEHICLES.
ALL MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES TRAVELLING ON KING'S ROAD EASTBOUND WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM MAKING RIGHT TURNS INTO GREIG ROAD. THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM A Q-TURN VIA SHIPYARD LANE IN AN ANTI-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION TO PROCEED TO GREIG ROAD.
ALL EXIT TRAFFIC FROM SHIPYARD LANE WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM LEFT-TURNING INTO KING'S ROAD.
ALL EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON KING'S ROAD WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM U-TURNING AT THE CENTRAL REFUGE ISLAND TO THE SOUTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH WESTLANDS ROAD.
A BOX JUNCTION WILL BE SET UP AT THE JUNCTION OF KING'S ROAD AND SHIPYARD LANE.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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