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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1988

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LION ROCK TUNNEL CONGESTION AT TOLERABLE LEVEL

MANAGEMENT

LION ROCK OPENING OF FOR TRANSPORT,

WAS GOVERNMENT THE

HOPEFUL THAT WITH TRAFFIC MEASURES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ROADS, TRAFFIC AT THE TUNNEL WOULD BE MAINTAINED AT A TOLERABLE LEVEL UNTIL THE THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL IN 1991, THE ACTING SECRETARY

HE HON MAK CHUN-FONG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

LAM, HE SAID SINCE REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CONRAD THE INTRODUCTION OF TIDAL FLOW ARRANGEMENT AT THE TUNNEL FROM 6 AM TO IN 7.30 AM IN MID-JANUARY, THERE HAD BEEN AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT

ΤΟ ABOUT 3,900 THROUGHPUT OF SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC FROM 3,300 VEHICLES VEHICLES BETWEEN 7 AM AND 8 AM.

TRAFFIC QUEUE ON

THE

IT DEFERRED THE FORMATION OF THE SOUTHBOUND LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD AVERAGE QUEUE LENGTH FROM 3.5 KILOMETRES TO ABOUT 2.5 KILOMETRES.

UNTIL 7.30 AM, AND REDUCED THEREAFTER

OF SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC IN THE AS A RESULT, THE JOURNEY TIME MORNING PEAK HOURS HAD BEEN REDUCED BY AN AVERAGE OF 10 TO 15 MINUTES.

THE USE OTHER TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES INTRODUCED INCLUDED

MERGING MOVEMENTS AT THE SOUTHBOUND OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS TO REGULATE

TUNNEL AND THE

OF APPROACH TO THE

INTRODUCTION

BUS LANES ALONG AND CHE KUNG KOWLOON-BOUND LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD, HUNG MUI KUK ROAD MIU ROAD.

THE BUS LANES HAD

RESULTED IN AN AVERAGE

REDUCTION

OF FIVE

MINUTES FOR BUS JOURNEYS, MR MAK SAID,

APRIL HAD THE

"APART FROM THESE, A CONSULTANCY STUDY COMPLETED IN MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF

TAI PO ROAD SO ONE-WAY TOLL SCHEME TO DIVERT NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC TO

EXTENDED, FURTHER THAT THE OPERATION PERIOD OF THE TIDAL FLOW CAN BE EXTENSION OF THE TIME FOR BUS LANES

ALONG WESTBOUND LUNG CHEUNG ROAD," HE ADDED.

AND BUS PRIORITY SCHEME

IN COUNCIL BOARDS HAD BEEN

HE SAID THAT THE RELEVANT DISTRICT BOARDS WERE BEING CONSULTED ON THESE AND RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE PUT TO THE GOVERNOR AFTER THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND DISTRICT CONSULTED.

WERE UNDER

CONSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE LINK ROAD, NAI CHUNG ROAD T6 ACROSS THE SHING MUN

THE ROAD PROJECTS WHICH ADDITIONAL CAPACITY INCLUDED THE MA ON SHAN ROUTES 5 FROM SHA TIN TO TSUEN WAN, RIVER AND WIDENING OF TAI PO ROAD.

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ROAD BY THE THE COMPLETION OF ROUTE 5 AND WIDENING OF TAI PO

SUBSTANTIALLY TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE END OF 1989 WOULD RELIEVE CORRIDOR, MR MAK SAID.

ON

PROVIDE A SHORTER SHAN

NAI CHUNG

THE COMPLETION OF ROAD T6 IN 1990 WOULD ROUTE FROM TOLO HIGHWAY TO KOWLOON VIA THE MA LINK ROAD, HE ADDED.

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