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SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1988

MORE TRAFFIC ON THE ROADS

ALL MAJOR ROAD CORRIDORS IN HONG KONG RECORDED AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC LAST YEAR, REFLECTING THE LEVEL OF CONGESTION EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, ACCORDING TO SURVEYS CARRIED OUT BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IN 1987.

AMONG THE KEY CORRIDORS THAT HAD BECOME MORE CONGESTED WERE THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND THE LION ROCK TUNNEL. THE NUMBER OF VEHICLE TRIPS MADE VIA THE TWO TUNNELS LAST YEAR RECORDED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.

COMPARED WITH 1986, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC BETWEEN HONG KONG ISLAND AND KOWLOON SHOWED A 7.5 PER CENT INCREASE, AND 89.7 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL TRIPS WERE MADE VIA THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL.

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AS FOR THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, TRAFFIC INCREASED BY 15 PER WHILE OVERALL TRAFFIC FLOWS BETWEEN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES INCREASED BY 9.9 PER CENT.

TRAFFIC IN THE KWAI CHUNG/CASTLE PEAK ROAD CORRIDOR ROSE BY 7.3 PER CENT AND THE BIGGEST INCREASE OF 30 PER CENT WAS RECORDED IN THE CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD/PO LAM ROAD CORRIDOR REFLECTING SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN TRAFFIC GENERATED BY JUNK BAY NEW TOWN.

WITHIN THE NEW TERRITORIES TRAFFIC INTO SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND THE MAIN URBAN AREAS FROM THE NORTH AND WEST NEW TERRITORIES INCREASED BY 15.7 PER CENT.

TRAFFIC BETWEEN TUEN MUN/YUEN LONG AND THE EAST INCREASED BY 8.8 PER CENT WHILE TRAFFIC TRAVELLING SOUTH FROM THE AREA NORTH OF TAI PO AND YUEN LONG ROSE BY 7.6 PER CENT,

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ON THE HONG KONG ISLAND, THE LARGEST INCREASE IN TRAFFIC, 15.2 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 1986, WAS RECORDED BETWEEN SHAU KEI WAN AND CHAI WAN.

INCREASES OF 6.2 PER CENT WERE RECORDED FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY AND NORTH POINT, AND BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE ISLAND.

TRAFFIC INTO CENTRAL AND BETWEEN CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI WAS UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

KOWLOON EXPERIENCED LESS OF AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC BETWEEN 1986 AND 1987. EAST-WEST TRAFFIC ACROSS KOWLOON PENINSULA AND TRAFFIC BETWEEN KWUN TONG AND THE REMAINING URBAN AREA WAS UNCHANGED.

A SMALL INCREASE OF 3.3 PER CENT WAS RECORDED FOR TRAVELLING NORTH-SOUTH IN KOWLOON PENINUSLA.

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