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FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1982

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STREET CLOSURES FOR MTR ISLAND LINE CONSTRUCTION

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A NUMBER OF STREET CLOSURES AND ALTERATIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MTR ISLAND LINE.

A NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY). THE DATES TO EFFECT THESE CHANGES WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER. WHERE NECESSARY, ALTERNATIVE ROUTINGS FOR BOTH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC WILL BE PROVIDED AND TRAFFIC SIGNS PUT UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

THE STREET ALTERATIONS AND CLOSURES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

SHEUNG WAN STATION OVERRUN I

NEW MARKET STREET

A SECTION BETWEEN ON TAI STREET AND A POINT NINE METRES EAST OF THE JUNCTION WITH TUNG LOI LANE WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC TEMPORARILY.

CHAI WAN STATION AND ADJACENT VIADUCTS

WAN TSUI LANE

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CHAI WAN ROAD

CHAI WAN ROAD -

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FROM A POINT 25 METRES NORTH OF NORTHERN KERBLINE OF WAN TSUI ROAD TO THE NORTHERN END OF THE LANE, THE CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE REDUCED TO FOUR METRES WIDE TEMPORARILY. FOOTPATHS WILL BE MAINTAINED ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD.

BETWEEN POINTS 30 METRES AND 140 METRES WEST OF WESTERN KERBLINE OF WAN TSUI ROAD, BOTH THE EASTBOUND AND THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAYS WILL BE REDUCED TO 6.5 METRES WIDE TEMPORARILY. FOOTPATHS WILL BE MAINTAINED ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD.

COLUMNS TO SUPPORT AN MTR VIADUCT AND A FOOTBRIDGE WILL BE BUILT ON THE MEDIAN STRIP OF THE ROAD BETWEEN POINTS 66 METRES AND 93 METRES WEST OF WESTERN KERBLINE OF WAN TSUI ROAD.

CHAI WAN PUBLIC LIGHT BUS TERMINUS -

NING FOO STREET

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THE TERMINUS BETWEEN CHAI WAN ROAD AND KUT SHING STREET WILL BE CLOSED PERMANENTLY.

THE CARRIAGEWAY AND FOOTPATH BETWEEN LEE CHUNG STREET AND A POINT 320 METRES FROM THE EASTERN KERBLINE OF LEE CHUNG STREET ALONG THE ALIGNMENT OF NING FOO STREET AND THE ADJOINING UN-NAMED ROAD WILL BE CLUSED FROM TIME TO TIME.