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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1989

SCHEME

FOR TOWN

THEY ARE THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIAL AREA, RECONSTRUCTION OF KWUN TONG ROAD, LEI YUE

CENTRE AND JUNK BAY ROAD/SAU MAU PING ROAD

MUN ROAD, HARBOUR LAIN AND ASSOCIATED LAND MAINS.

AND THE EASTERN CROSS

INTERCHANGE

"AS THESE WORKS PROJECTS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT ALMOST CONCURRENTLY, ROADS ARE OPENED AND DUG UP EVERYWHERE

IN FULL SWING DISTRICT, GIVING RISE

IN THE TO PUBLIC COMPLAINTS AGAINST DISRUPTION OF TRAFFIC FLOW AS SLL AS CAUSING NUISANCE AND INCONVENIENCE,

11 HE NOTED.

MR WAN POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND CO-ORDINATION DURING THE

WELL AWARE OF THE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION

PROCESS AND DIVERSIONS IN INCONVENIENCE TO RESIDENTS.

ORDER TO MINIMISE

OF

DISTRICT BOARD ARE HELD REGULARLY HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT EFFECT ON LOCAL

"VIEWS ARE SOUGHT FROM AREA COMMITTEES AND THE BEFORE WORK COMMENCES AND WORKING GROUP MEETINGS AMONG DISTRICT OFFICE, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, AND THE POLICE TO MONITOR PROGRESS OF WORK AND TRAFFIC SITUATION."

ITS

BE

"WHEN NECESSARY, REDEPOLYMENT AND CONTINGENCY MEASURES WILL INTRODUCED TO ENSURE THAT VARIOUS WORKS PROJECTS SMOOTHLY WITHOUT PARALYSING THE TRAFFIC SYSTEM," HE SAID.

ARE CARRIED OUT

TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ARISING FROM

MR WAN

ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, SAID MOST OF THE WORKS TOOK THE FORM OF RECONSTRUCTION USING TAR, AND THAT THIS METHOD ENABLED THE ROADS TO BE BURFACING OR RE-OPENED SOONER THAN BY USING CONCRETE.

"SOME OF THE WORKS ARE ALSO CARRIED OUT AT NIGHT OR ON TO MINIMISE PROBLEMS TO TRAFFIC FLOW, " HE ADDED.

"WHILE IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TO DEAL WITH TRAFFIC CONGESTION, LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS CAN ALSO HELP CONTAIN THE PROBLEM IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA,

SUNDAYS

THE GOVERNMENT IN KWUN TONG HE NOTED.

WELL WHERE 300-ODD THE AREA COULD BE

MR WAN SAID WHILE THERE WAS A HIGH VOLUME OF IN-COMING AS AS OUT-GOING TRAFFIC IN THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA, INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WERE LOCATED, CONGESTION IN REDUCED WITH PROPER TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT.

"IF OWNERS OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS CAN DEPLOY STAFF IN-COMING AND OUT-GOING VEHICLES AT THE LOADING

ΤΟ DIRECT AND UNLOADING TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW, THE

BAYS POSSIBILITY OF TRAFFIC MINIMISED," HE SAID.

JAMS WILL BE

ACTIVITIES

OF ALSO

MR WAN SAID DOUBLE-PARKING, LOADING AND UNLOADING IN RESTRICTED AREAS AS WELL AS OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE PRIVATE PORTION REAR LANES DESIGNATED FOR LOADING/UNLOADING CAUSING TRAFFIC DELAY AND CONGESTION IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.

PURPOSES, WERE

/HE THEREFORE