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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1988

THIS ROUTEING WILL BE EFFECTIVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A BUS STOP FOR THESE CROSS HARBOUR ROUTES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN HARBOUR ROAD NEAR HARBOUR CENTRE.

"THE ROUTE DIVERSION AND THE PROVISION OF A BUS GATE WILL ALLOW THESE CROSS HARBOUR BUSES TO BYPASS THE QUEUE OF TUNNEL TRAFFIC ON GLOUCESTER ROAD EASTBOUND,

"IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THEIR JOURNEY TIME BETWEEN THE BUS STOP NEAR THE O'BRIEN ROAD FOOTBRIDGE AND THE TUNNEL PORTAL CAN BE REDUCED BY FIVE TO 10 MINUTES," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID.

CMB ROUTES 10A, 20, 21, 22, 80, 81M, 720, 721, 722, 780 AND 781 WILL ALSO BE DIVERTED FROM GLOUCESTER ROAD EASTBOUND то FLEMING ROAD, CONVENTION AVENUE, HUNG HING ROAD FLYOVER AND VICTORIA PARK ROAD.

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A NEW BUS STOP FOR THESE ROUTES WILL BE DESIGNATED ON CONVENTION AVENUE IN FRONT OF THE WAN CHAI FERRY PIER.

THE DIVERSION OF THESE

THESE

CMB BUS ROUTES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED DURING PEAK HOURS ONLY (7 AM 10 AM AND 4 PM 7 PM)

THAT SO BUSES CAN BYPASS VEHICLE QUEUES ON EASTBOUND GLOUCESTER ROAD.

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"IT WILL ALSO IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF BUS PASSENGERS WAN CHAI NORTH AND HELP PASSENGERS ΤΟ INTERCHANGE BETWEEN FERRIES AND BUSES," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TRAFFIC CHANGES IN KOWLOON

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT UPON REQUEST OF PUBLIC LIGHT BUS (PLB) OPERATORS, AN EXISTING PLB RESTRICTED ZONE IN HAI TAN STREET IN SHAM SHUI PO WILL BE LIFTED FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 7).

THE AFFECTED PLB RESTRICTED ZONE IS CURRENTLY ENFORCED DURING PEAK HOURS ONLY ON THE SOUTHERN KERUSIDE LANE OF HAI TAN STREET FROM A POINT ABOUT 25 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH PEI HO STREET TO A POINT ABOUT 85 METRES WEST OF THE SAME JUNCTION.

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AT THE SAME TIME, IN YAU MA ΤΕΙ, SECTIONS OF CANTON ROAD CHEUNG SHUI STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENTS ON THESE TWO ROADS.

AFFECTED ROAD SECTIONS ARE CANTON ROAD BETWEEN PUBLIC SQUARE STREET AND CHEUNG SHUI STREET, AND CHEUNG SHUI STREET FROM HOUSE NO. 56 TO ITS JUNCTION WITH CHING PING STREET.

IN ADDITION, CANTON ROAD BETWEEN CHEUNG SHUI STREET AND TUNG KUN STREET WILL ВЕ RE-ROUTED FROM ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND ΤΟ TWO-WAY OPERATION.

THE SECTION OF CHEUNG SHUI STREET FROM HOUSE NO. 56 TO CANTON ROAD, CURRENTLY ONE-WAY EASTBOUND, WILL ALSO BECOME TWO-WAY.