XN000022-1986-04-05 — Page 6

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SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1986

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NORTHBOUND VEHICLES ON ICE HOUSE STREET FROM LOWER ALBERT ROAD MUST TURN LEFT INTO QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

* VEHICLES OTHER THAN FRANCHISED BUSES, PRIVATE BUSES AND

GOODS VEHICLES EXCEEDING 5.5 TONNES GROSS WILL BE DIVERTED TO TRAVEL ALONG WESTBOUND DES VOEUS ROAD CENTRAL, TURN LEFT INTO ICE HOUSE STREET AND THEN TURN RIGHT INTO QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

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THE EXISTING BUS ONLY LANE ON WESTBOUND DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL TO ICE HOUSE STREET WILL BE TEMPORARILY LIFTED.

IN ADDITION, CMB ROUTES 23A, 40M AND CROSS HARBOUR ROUTE 103 ON THEIR EASTBOUND JOURNEYS WILL BE DIVERTED TO QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND PEDDER STREET BEFORE REJOINING CHATER ROAD,

MINI-ROUNDABOUT EASES TRAFFIC CONGESTION

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TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE JUNCTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND FAIRVIEW PARK BOULEVARD IN YUEN LONG HAS BEEN ALLEVIATED WITH THE OPENING OF A MINI-ROUNDABOUT, ACCORDING TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF ENGINEER, MR TSOH MING.

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THE MINI-ROUNDABOUT, THE FIRST IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AN INTERIM REMEDY TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE JUNCTION BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF A GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGE IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD PROJECT,

+AS PRIORITY WAS GIVEN TO TRAFFIC FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD BEFORE THE MINI-ROUNDABOUT WAS INTRODUCED, TRAFFIC CONGESTION OCCURRED AT THE JUNCTION DURING PEAK PERIODS BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT TIME GAPS FOR VEHICLES AT FAIRVIEW PARK BOULEVARD TO ENTER INTO CASTLE PEAK ROAD,+ MR TSOH EXPLAINED.

+THE OPENING OF THE MINI-ROUNDABOUT LAST MONTH GIVES A MORE EVEN USAGE FOR THE VARIOUS TRAFFIC STREAMS AT THE JUNCTION, AND A LONG QUEUE OF VEHICLES NO LONGER OCCURS AT FAIRVIEW PARK BOULEVARD DURING THE PEAK PERIODS.+

MR TSOH