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MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1985

TAI PO TRAFFIC SCHEME CHANGE PLANNED

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THERE ARE PLANS TO REVISE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE TAI PO CENTRAL AREA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME BY LUNAR NEW YEAR INCLUDING REINSTATING TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ALONG TAI PO MARKET'S MAIN ROAD - PO HEUNG STREET.

+THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO VIEWS EXPRESSED BY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AT A RECENT BOARD MEETING TO REVIEW THE SCHEME WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED IN OCTOBER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IN GENERAL TERMS THE SCHEME WAS SUPPORTED BY THE BOARD BUT THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS TO AMEND CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE SCHEME.

+THIS INCLUDED ALLOWING VEHICLES ENTERING TAI PO MARKET FROM PO HEUNG BRIDGE, SEEKING ACCESS TO PUN CHUNG OR TO THE TEMPORARY MARKET, TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED ALONG PO HEUNG STREET INSTEAD OF HAVING TO MAKE A DETOUR AROUND WAN TAU STREET AND HEUNG SZE WUI STREET,+ HE SAID.

ANOTHER AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD WAS THAT THE NUMBER OF PEAK-HOUR URBAN CLEARWAYS BE REDUCED.

+ALL THESE PEAK-HOUR URBAN CLEARWAYS WERE IMPLEMENTED, AS PART OF THE WHOLE SCHEME ON OCTOBER 5, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE GIVEN CONSIDERATION TO EACH STREET INDIVIDUALLY, BEARING IN MIND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING SMOOTHLY AND TO MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.

+AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION IT WAS THAT THE PEAK-HOUR URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS IN HEUNG SZE WU STREET AND ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF WAI YAN STREET WILL BE LIFTED.+

+HOWEVER, THE PEAK-HOUR URBAN CLEARWAY ALONG PO HEUNG STREET WILL NOT BE LIFTED, AS IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS DISRUPTION TO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, PARTICULARLY AT THE JUNCTION OF PO HEUNG STREET AND NAM SHING STREET WHICH IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST ROAD JUNCTIONS AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSING POINTS IN TAI PO MARKET, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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