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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1988

URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS IN MONG KOK REARRANGED

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THE

CLEARWAY FROM

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT URBAN RESTRICTIONS ON SHANTUNG STREET IN MONG KOK WILL BE RE-ARRANGED 10 AM ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 10) TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.

UNDER THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS, THE EXISTING 7 AM TO MIDNIGHT DAILY URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTION ON SHANTUNG STREET FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH NATHAN ROAD TO A POINT ABOUT 15 METRES EAST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH SAI YEUNG CHO STREET SOUTH WILL BE LIFTED.

HOWEVER, A NEW 7 AM TO 7 PM DAILY URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON SHANTUNG STREET BETWEEN NATHAN ROAD AND A POINT ABOUT 26 METRES EAST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET SOUTH.

IN ADDITION, THE CURRENT 7 AM то MIDNIGHT PUBLIC LIGHT BUS RESTRICTED ZONE ON SHANTUNG STREET BETWEEN NATHAN ROAD AND SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET SOUTH WILL BE EXTENDED EASTWARDS FOR ABOUT 26 METRES.

NO PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS WITHIN THIS RESTRICTED ZONE.

WAN CHAI NORTH BUS DIVERSION SCHEME

A BUS DIVERSION SCHEME, AIMED AT IMPROVING THE JOURNEY TIME OF CROSS HARBOUR BUSES AND BUSES USING THE EASTBOUND GLOUCESTER ROAD, WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN WAN CHAI NORTH FROM 10 AM TOMORROW (SATURDAY), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS REMINDED BUS PASSENGERS.

UNDER THIS SCHEME, A BUS GATE WILL BE PROVIDED ON HUNG HING ROAD FOR CROSS HARBOUR BUSES TO ENTER THE TUNNEL PORTAL VIA THE LESS BUSY ROADS IN WAN CHAI NORTH.

CROSS-HARBOUR BUS ROUTES 104, 105 AND A2 WILL BE DIVERTED FROM GLOUCESTER ROAD EASTBOUND TO FLEMING ROAD, HARBOUR ROAD, TONNOCHY ROAD, HUNG HING ROAD AND TO JOIN THE TUNNEL TRAFFIC VIA THE BUS GATE.

THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL BE EFFECTIVE THROUGHOUT THE

DAY. A BUS STOP FOR THESE CROSS HARBOUR ROUTES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN HARBOUR ROAD NEAR HARBOUR CENTRE.

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

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

BE

IMPLEMENTED

SO THAT THESE

THE DIVERSION OF THESE CMB BUS ROUTES WILL DURING PEAK HOURS ONLY (7 AM 10 AM AND 4 PM 7 PM) BUSES CAN BYPASS VEHICLE QUEUES ON EASTBOUND GLOUCESTER ROAD.

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