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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1984

TWO-WAY PEAK ROAD REOPENS FRIDAY

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PEAK ROAD WILL RE-OPEN TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 3), EIGHT MONTHS AFTER A SECTION OF IT DISAPPEARED FOLLOWING HEAVY RAIN.

THE FINAL STAGE OF REPAIR, INVOLVING DEMOLITION OF THE TEMPORARY STEEL BRIDGE AND BUILDING A PERMANENT STRUCTURE IN ITS PLACE, HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL BE REMOVED ON FRIDAY MORNING.

THE TEMPORARY BRIDGE WAS PUT INTO PLACE WITHIN A WEEK OF THE LANDSLIDE AND HAS MAINTAINED TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA, ALTHOUGH THERE HAD TO BE DIVERSIONS.

SHORTLY AFTER CHRISTMAS TRAFFIC WAS DIVERTED FROM THE STEEL BRIDGE ONTO A NEWLY-BUILT DECK SUPPORTED BY

15 CAISSONS, SOME OF WHICH WERE MORE THAN 37 METRES LONG.

THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT WAS $7.5 MILLION.

NORMAL TRAFFIC WILL RESUME FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 3) AS FOLLOWS:

* PEAK ROAD BETWEEN BARKER ROAD AND COOMBE ROAD

WILL SWITCH BACK TO TWO LANES FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.

* THE EXISTING BAN ON ALL MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT BUSES

AND HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES ON THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF PEAK ROAD BETWEEN STUBBS ROAD AND MAGAZINE GAP ROAD WILL BE LIFTED.

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COOMBE ROAD BETWEEN PEAK ROAD AND THE CAR PARK 140 METRES WEST OF WAN CHAI GAP WILL BE PROHIBITED TO ALL MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT FOR LOCAL ACCESS. THE SAME ROAD SECTION WILL BE REROUTED TWO WAYS.

THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF COOMBE ROAD BETWEEN PEAK ROAD AND THE ACCESS ROAD LEADING TO CAROLINA GARDENS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO VEHICLES AUTHORISED

IN WRITING BY THE AUTHORITY.

ALL UPHILL VEHICLES ON MAGAZINE GAP ROAD WILL BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT INTO PEAK ROAD. THEY CAN ALSO ENTER THE WESTERN END OF COOMBE ROAD OR CONTINUE INTO THE UPPER SECTION OF MAGAZINE GAP ROAD.