SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1981
PUBLIC LIGHT BUS PROHIBITED ZONES EXTENDED
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PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL BE BANNED FROM PARTS OF CANAL ROAD WEST, SHARP STREET WEST AND WAN CHAI ROAD FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY, JULY 10.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROHIBITIONS WERE AIMED AT IMPROVING TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.
THE PROHIBITED SECTIONS OF ROAD ARE:
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CANAL ROAD WEST, BETWEEN A POINT NORTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH SHARP STREET WEST AND HENNESSY ROAD-
* SHARP STREET WEST, BETWEEN BOWR INGTON ROAD
AND CANAL ROAD WEST- AND
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WAN CHAI ROAD, BETWEEN BOWRINGTON ROAD AND CANAL ROAD WEST.
SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO INDICATE THE PROHIBITED ZONES.
NEW ROAD FOR SHA TIN
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A NEW PRIMARY DISTRIBUTOR ROAD WILL SHORTLY BE BUILT AT THE HEAD OF THE SHA TIN VALLEY TO COPE WITH THE FUTURE TRAFFIC NEEDS IN THE NEW TOWN.
TENDERS FOR THE WORKS ARE BEING INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAID THE NEW ROAD WOULD PROVIDE A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD AND THE EXISTING ROAD NETWORKS AROUND TAI WAI, AS WELL AS DIRECT ACCESS TO THREE NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN MEI LAM, SAN TIN AND TIN SAM.
IN ADDITION, HE SAID, A NEW SERVICE ROAD WOULD ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED TO LINK THIS DISTRIBUTOR ROAD WITH ANOTHER ROAD NORTH OF CHE KUNG MIU, REJOINING LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD NEAR SHA TIN TAU. UNDER THE CONTRACT, THE EXISTING NETWORKS OF CYCLE TRACKS AND FOOTPATHS IN THE AREA WILL BE EXTENDED AND FOUR PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS WILL BE BUILT.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN SEPTEMBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 27 MONTHS.
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