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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1987

LION

FOLLOWING ARE FIGURES ON THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES USING THE ROCK TUNNEL AND TAI PO ROAD DURING THE EVENING AND MORNING PEAK HOURS YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) AND TODAY, RESPECTIVELY:

LION ROCK TUNNEL.

SOUTHBOUND

TAI PO ROAD

NORTHBOUND

SOUTHBOUND

NORTHBOUND

DECEMBER 16

6,777

6,745

2,159

2,143

(4.30 PM

-

- 7 PM)

NORMAL WEEKDAY

7,274

6,995

2,358

2,085

(4.30 PM 7 PM)

DECEMBER 17 (7 AM

9,134

6.383

2,822

2,012

-

10 AM)

NORMAL WEEKDAY

9,309

6,615

2,812

1,874

(7 AM

-

10 AM)

MEANWHILE, A "TIDAL-FLOW"

ARRANGEMENT

WAS

CONDUCTED BETWEEN

5.30 AM AND 7.15 AM THIS MORNING AT THE LION ROCK TUNNEL.

PRELIMINARY OBSERVATION SHOWED THAT AT 7 AM, THE LENGTH OF THE VEHICLE QUEUE ON LION ROCK TUNNEL. ROAD SOUTHBOUND WAS LESS THAN HALF OF THAT ON A NORMAL DAY. THERE WERE ABOUT 410 MORE VEHICLES THAN NORMAL PASSING THROUGH THE TUNNEL SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7.20 AM.

FOLLOWING ARE THE NUMBER

OF SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES PASSING

THROUGH THE TUNNEL FROM 6.30 AM TO 7.30 AM:

6.30 AM TO 6.45 AM

6.45 AM TO 7 AM

7 AM TO 7.15 AM

7.15 AM TO 7.30 AM

383 692 1,106

895

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