WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1988
IN ADDITION, ALL PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL. NOT BE ALLOWED PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS IN THE EASTERN KERBSIDE LANE SMITHFIELD BETWEEN CATCHICK STREET AND BELCHER'S STREET FROM 7 AM MIDNIGHT DAILY.
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THE EXISTING PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STAND THERE WILL BE RELOCATED THE NORTHERN KERBSIDE OF HAU WO STREET NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH SMITHFIELD.
PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL ALSO BR BANNED FROM ENTERING DAVIS STREET BETWEEN BELCHER'S STREET AND HAU WO STREET.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE EXISTING BAN ON PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES IN CATCHICK STREET BETWEEN SMITHFIELD AND DAVIS STREET WILL BE LIFTED.
MOREOVER, FIVE GOODS VEHICLE METERED PARKING SPACES IN HAU WO STREET NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH SMITHFIELD WILL BE SUSPENDED.
BUS LANE IN CANAL ROAD EAST TO BE LIFTED
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT THE BUS LANE IN CANAL ROAD EAST IN CAUSEWAY BAY BETWEEN ITS JUNCTION WITH LEIGHTON ROAD AND A POINT ABOUT 90 METRES NORTH OF THE SAME JUNCTION WILL BR LIFTED FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (AUGUST 26).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT CANCELLATION OF THE BUS LANE IS ONE OF THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES RECOMMENDED BY THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TRAFFIC STUDY.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE EXISTING BUS LANE ON CANAL ROAD EAST APPROACHING LEIGHTON ROAD REDUCED THE CAPACITY OF
THE SIGNAL INTERSECTION, BUT WAS OF LITTLE ADVANTAGE TO BUS OPERATIONS.
"RESCISSION OF THE BUS LANE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AND SHORTER QUEUES AT THE JUNCTION," HE ADDED.
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