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SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1988

IT SERVED AS AN ALTERNATIVE NULLAH-CROSSING CHANNEL TO THE HEAVILY USED PUI TO ROAD AND A SHORT CUT FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC

HEADING FROM NORTHWEST TUEN MUN TO THE TOWN CENTRE.

HOWEVER, UNDER THE OUTLINE ZONING PLAN, THE BRIDGE WAS DESIGNATED AS A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ONCE THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT WAS COMPLETED.

WHEN THE PROPOSAL TO CLOSE THE BRIDGE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WAS PRESENTED TO THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE IN MID-1985, MEMBERS GENERALLY ENDORSED THE CLOSURE WHILE SOME EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT HEAVY TRAFFIC ON PUI то ROAD.

ON CLOSURE OF THE BRIDGE LAST YEAR, OBJECTIONS WERE SOME DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE OF THE INCONVENIENCE COMMUTERS LIVING IN TAI HING ESTATE AND OTHER FACTORS.

AFTER CONSIDERING MEMBERS' VIEWS, THE DEPARTMENTS RE-EXAMINED THE ISSUE AND SUBMITTED A REPORT TO THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION EARLY THIS YEAR.

RAISED BY CAUSED TO

CONCERNED DISTRICT

THE COMMITTEE MAINTAINED THAT THE EXISTING ROAD CAPACITY SERVING BOTH SIDES OF THE NULLAH WAS ADEQUATE TO COPE WITH THE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SHOULD TRAFFIC DEMAND INCREASE IN FUTURE, MEASURES INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF FOOTBRIDGE AND ROAD WIDENING WOULD BE ADOPTED TO SOLVE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS.

HOWEVER, AT THE SUBSEQUENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING THESE MEASURES WERE REJECTED BY SOME MEMBERS.

AT TUESDAY'S MEETING, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THEIR DECISIONS AND TO SEEK VIEWS OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 PM ON TUESDAY (APRIL 26) IN THE DISTRICT BOARD CONFERENCE ROOM, THIRD FLOOR, GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, NO. 1 TUEN HI ROAD, TUEN MUN.

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