SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1981
NEW TRAFFIC SCHEME PROPOSED FOR KING'
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ROAD
THE GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO GO AHEAD WIT: $20-MILLION PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRIORITY SCHEME TO IMPROVE TRAFF. CONDITIONS IN KING'S ROAD AND IN SHAU KEI WAN.
+CONGESTION HAS WORSENED AND IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO WORSEN UNLESS NEW MEASURES ARE ADOPTED QUICKLY, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER/TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, MR ALAN LUI SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
HE ADDED THAT THE NEW SCHEME, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE SOME TIME NEXT YEAR, WILL BE DISCUSSED AT A MEETING OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD TOMORROW (MONDAY).
UNDER THE PROPOSED PLAN, THE EXISTING WESTBOUND OR CENTRAL-BOUND TRAM TRACK IN NORTH POINT WILL BE MOVED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THE EASTBOUND LANE OF KING'S ROAD BETWEEN HING FAT STREET AND JAVA ROAD WILL BE RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE USE OF BUSES, TRAMS AND ACCESS VEHICLES ONLY,
THE MOVE TO RELOCATE THE TRAM LINE IS TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL WEST-BOUND LANE SO THAT MORE ROAD CAPACITY CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR TRAFFIC HEADING FOR CENTRAL DISTRICT, MR LUI SAID.
HE ALSO STATED THAT ELECTRIC ROAD AND JAVA ROAD WILL DE FOUTED ONE-WAY FOR EASTBOUND TRAFFIC.
IN NORTH POINT, THIS WILL RESULT IN A CLOCKWISE GYRATORY SYSTEM USING KING'S ROAD, ELECTRIC ROAD AND JAVA ROAD WHICH WILL IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THAT AREA.
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY HAS ALSO BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND FOOT-BRIDGES WILL BE BUILT.
MR LU STRESSED THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT OF THE NEW SCHEME WOULD BE THE SAVING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT JOURNEY TIME THREE MINUTES PER KILOMETRE IN THE MOST CONGESTED WESTBOUND SECTION.
OTHER BENEFITS WOULD INCLUDE REDUCTION IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT COSTS, IMPROVEMENT OF ROAD SAFETY, IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND MORE EFFICIENT USE OF EXISTING ROADS.
CHANGES TO THE EXISTING ROUTINGS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.
MR LUI SAID THAT THE TRAFFIC SITUATION IN KING'S ROAD +1$ BARELY TOLERABLE TODAY.+
+DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND AND THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC GENERATED WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION, + HE SAID.
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