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SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1988
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THE BUS LANE WILL BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE KERBSIDE LANES OF CHE KUNG MUI ROAD SOUTHBOUND FROM CHUI TIN STREET TO HUNG MUI KUK ROAD AND HUNG MUI KUK ROAD EASTBOUND FROM CHE KUNG MIU ROAD TO CHUNG PAK ROAD.
IT WILL OPERATE FROM 7.30 AM TO 9 AM, EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
"HOWEVER, THE HUNG MUI KUK INTERCHANGE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED, PENDING THE COMPLETION OF ROAD WIDENING WORK SCHEDULED IN JUNE THIS YEAR," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
"SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THIS DEPARTMENT SHOW THAT DURING PEAK HOURS, OVER 300 BUSES MAKE USE OF THE EXISTING BUS LANE EACH HOUR, AND THEIR JOURNEY TIME HAS BEEN REDUCED BY ABOUT ONE-AND-A-HALF MINUTES.
"IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE TWO NEW SECTIONS OF BUS LANES WILL BRING ABOUT A FURTHER REDUCTION OF THREE TO FOUR MINUTES IN BUS JOURNEY TIME," HE ADDED.
THE EXTENSION OF THE TIDAL-FLOW ARRANGEMENT WILL BE ON A TRIAL BASIS, WITH THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING ITS IMPACT ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON THE TUNNEL APPROACH ROADS IN BOTH SHA TIN AND KOWLOON.
DURING THE TRIAL, SPECIAL TRAFFIC MEASURES WILL BE ADOPTED BETWEEN 7.15 AM AND 7.50 AM AT THE JUNCTION OF WATERLOO ROAD NORTHBOUND WITH THE SLIP ROAD LEADING FROM LUNG CHEUNG ROAD WESTBOUND.
IN THE FIRST WEEK, FROM MARCH 21 TO 25, TRAFFIC CONES WILL BE PLACED ON THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF WATERLOO ROAD то GIVE VEHICLES COMING FROM LUNG CHEUNG ROAD WESTBOUND AN EXCLUSIVE LANE,
IN THE SECOND WEEK, FROM MARCH 28 TO 31, TRAFFIC LIGHTS WHICH HAVE BEEN ERECTED AT THAT JUNCTION WILL START TO OPERATE, THUS IMPROVING THE FLOW OF VEHICLES FROM LUNG CHEUNG ROAD.
"THESE TWO METHODS WILL BE EVALUATED ON THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW AT THAT JUNCTION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT A NEW 550-METRE STRETCH OF LANE MARKING WILL BE INTRODUCED PERMANENTLY ON LUNG CHEUNG ROAD WESTBOUND EAST OF THE WATERLOO ROAD FLYOVER TO PREVENT VEHICLES FROM LANE JUMPING THE QUEUE INTO THE WATERLOO ROAD SLIP ROAD.
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