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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1987

NEW ROAD MARKINGS ON VICTORIA PARK ROAD

MOTORISTS FROM NORTH POINT HEADING FOR KOWLOON VIA THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR (IRC) ARE REMINDED TO WATCH OUT FOR GANTRY SIGNS CHOOSE THE CORRECT LANE AS SOON AS THEY DRIVE PAST CITY GARDENS.

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THIS IS BECAUSE FROM

(MONDAY), "SOLID-CUM-BROKEN WHITE LINE" (1.E. A CONTINUOUS WHITE LINE ALONGSIDE A BROKEN WHITE LINK) SEPARATING CENTRAL-BOUND AND KOWLOON-BOUND TRAFFIC WILL BE INTRODUCED ALONG VICTORIA PARK ROAD STRETCHING ALL THE WAY FROM THE WESTERN EXIT OF THE IEC NEAR WATSON ROAD TO THE PETROL STATION OUTSIDE EXCELSIOR HOTEL.

"AS A RESULT, VEHICLES BOUND FOR CENTRAL ON THE OUTERMOST WESTBOUND LANE OF VICTORIA PARK ROAD WILL NO LONGER

BE ABLE TO CUT INTO THE QUEUE OF KOWLOON-BOUND VEHICLES ON THE MIDDLE LANE. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEASURE IS TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRAFFIC FLOW FOR CENTRAL- BOUND VEHICLES," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID.

"NEW GANTRY SIGNS HAVE BEEN ERECTED ON THE IEC NEAR OIL STREET AND WATSON- ROAD TO HELP MOTORISTS SELECT THE APPROPRIATE LANE IN GOOD TIME. LANE SELECTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WELL BEFORE MOTORISTS COME NEAR WATSON ESTATE, HE CONTINUED.

FOR WESTBOUND MOTORISTS, COMING FROM TSING FUNG STREET FLYOVER OR HING FAT STREET, THEY WERE URGED TO WATCH OUT FOR A SHORT DOUBLE WHITE LINE NEAR THE MERGING POINT OF VICTORIA PARK ROAD WITH THE IEC WESTBOUND APPROACH.

"THIS MEANS

THAT THEY CANNOT WEAVE INTO THE CENTRAL-BOUND OUTERMOST LANE OF VICTORIA PARK ROAD IMMEDIATELY AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE MERGING POINT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"HAVING COME ON TO VICTORIA PARK ROAD, MOTORISTS SHOULD THEN LOOK OUT FOR NEW ROADSIDE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS NEAR THE GLOUCESTER ROAD FLYOVER AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT LANE FOR THEMSELVES, DEPENDING ON WHETHER THEY WISH TO GO TO CENTRAL OR CROSS THE HARBOUR.

"LANE DESTINATION MARKINGS ARE

ADDITIONAL

PROVIDED NEAR THE GLOUCESTER ROAD FLYOVER AND NEAR THE PETROL STATION TO GIVE MOTORISTS INFORMATION," HE ADDED.

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