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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986

•TO MINIMISE DISRUPTION TO TRAFFIC, THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE NEW FLYOVER, WHICH RUNS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING FLYOVEN, WILL BE BUILT FIRST TO DIVERT WESTBOUND TRAFFIC BEFORE THE OLD ONE IS DEMOLISHED, + A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE EXPLAINED THAT AT THE INITIAL STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, WORK HAS BE CARRIED OUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COTTON TREE DRIVE FLYOVER RAMP.

+ IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CLOSE THE EXISTING SLIP ROAD FROM HARCOURT ROAD EASTBOUND TO COTTON TREE DRIVE FLYOVER AND TO DIVERT TRAFFIC VIA ANOTHER SLIP ROAD ABOUT 40 METRES TO THE EAST, THE SPOKESMAN SAID. THE MEASURE WILL BE IN FORCE FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 5).

BY MID-SEPTEMBER, THE JUNCTION OF HARCOURT ROAD AND COTTON TREE WILL COME UNDER SIGNAL CONTROL.

IN ADDITION, THE LEFT TURN AROUND THE BANK OF AMERICA TOWER VIA THE SLIP ROAD FROM COTTON TREE DRIVE NORTHBOUND TO CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL WILL BE BANNED. TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED ALONG LAMBETH WALK, WHICH WILL BE RE-ROUTED TWO-WAY AND THE SECTION OF MURRAY ROAD BETWEEN CHATER ROAD AND CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND.

AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES CMB ROUTES 16, 99, 721 AND 722 AS WELL AS GREEN MINIBUS ROUTE 22 ON THEIR JOURNEYS TO CENTRAL WILL BE DIVERTED VIA LAMBETH WALK WESTBOUND AND MURRAY ROAD NORTHBOUND BEFORE REJOINING CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.

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MEANWHILE, CMB ROUTES 12M AND 238 WILL BE DIVERTED VIA LAMBETH WALK WESTBOUND TO JOIN MURRAY ROAD SOUTHBOUND.

IN NOVEMBER, THE SOUTHERMOST LAY-BY INSIDE THE ADMIRALTY WEST BUS TERMINUS WILL OPEN FOR GENERAL THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM THE ADMIRALTY AREA IN ORDER TO RELIEVE THE TRAFFIC BURDEN ON HARCOURT ROAD, WHICH WILL BE MADE NARROWER DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FLYOVER,

THE SPOKESMAN URGED THE PUBLIC TO WATCH OUT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION DATES OF THE TRAFFIC MEASURES, WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE.

DFCC AND MAC MEMBERS EXCHANGE VIEWS *****

MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING VISITED THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES OF BLOCKS 15 AND 21 IN LAM TIN ESTATE TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION,

THIS WAS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF VISITS TO MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT CONDUCTED BY THIS YEAR'S FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.

DURING THE