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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1988

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THE SOLID-CUM-BROKEN WHITE LINE IN

CENTRE OF GLOUCESTER ROAD EASTBOUND WILL BE EXTENDED FROM MARSH ROAD TO O'BRIEN ROAD TO SEPARATE THE KOWLOON-BOUND TRAFFIC FROM THE TRAFFIC HEADING FOR NORTH POINT AND HAPPY VALLEY.

THIS WAY, THE KOWLOON-BOUND VEHICLEB WİLL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF THE NORTH POINT AND HAPPY VALLEY LANES To JUMP THE TUNNEL QUEUE AND BLOCK THE NON-TUNNEL TRAFFIC.

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A SECOND SOLID-CUM-BROKEN WHITE LINE WILL BE PLACED BETWEEN ARSENAL STREET FLYOVER AND O'BRIEN ROAD. VEHICLES COMING DOWN FROM THE FLYOVER WILL HAVE TO SELECT THE TUNNEL OR NON-TUNNEL LANE ON THE FLYOVER.

"THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY REDUCE SOME UNNECESSARY WEAVING MOVEMENTS ON GLOUCESTER ROAD EASTBOUND, MR TSANG SAID.

HE ADDED THAT EASTBOUND TRAFFIC HEADING FOR FLEMING ROAD WOULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE SCHEME BECAUSE A SHORT SOLID-CUM-BROKEN WHITE LINE WOULD BE MARKED BETWEEN FLEMING ROAD AND A POINT ABOUT 100 METRES WEST OF FLEMING ROAD SO THAT THESE VEHICLES WOULD NOT BE BLOCKED BY THE TUNNEL QUEUE.

THE ROAD MARKINGS WILL BE IN PLACE FROM SEPTEMBER 9 TO 11.

AS PART OF THE MEASURES TO IMPROVE BUS OPERATIONS, A BUS GATE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR CROSS-HARBOUR BUSES TO ENTER THE TUNNEL PORTAL DIRECTLY FROM HUNG HING ROAD.

"THIS BUS GATE, TOGETHER WITH ROUTE DIVERSION, WILL ALLOW ALL TUNNEL BUSES FROM GLOUCESTER ROAD EASTBOUND ΤΟ BYPASS THE TUNNEL QUEUE AND MERGE INTO THE INNER TUNNEL LANE.

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*ALL CROSS-HARBOUR BUSES, NAMELY ROUTES 104, 105 AND A2, WILL BE DIVERTED VIA FLEMING ROAD, CONVENTION AVENUE, HUNG HING ROAD AND THE BUS GATE. THE EXISTING BUS STOP NEAR TONNOCHY ROAD WILL BE RELOCATED TO HARBOUR ROAD OUTSIDE HARBOUR CENTRE.

"IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE BUS JOURNEY TIME BETWEEN THE BUS STOP NEAR THE O'BRIEN ROAD FOOTBRIDGE AND THE TUNNEL PORTAL CAN BE REDUCED BY FIVE TO 10 MINUTES," MR TSANG SAID..

NON-TUNNEL BUS ROUTES 10A, 20, 21, 22, 80, 81M, 720, 721, 722, 780 AND 781 HEADING FOR NORTH POINT WILL BE DIVERTED VIA CONVENTION AVENUE AND HUNG HING ROAD FLYOVER AND A NEW BUS STOP WILL BE DESIGNATED AT CONVENTION AVENUE OUTSIDE WAN CHAI FERRY PIER.

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