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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990

TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNEL TO OPEN TO TRAFFIC

THAT THE

TSEUNG

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ADVISED MOTORISTS KWAN O TUNNEL WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC FROM FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 9) WITH DAILY OPERATING HOURS FROM 6.30 AM TO 10.30 PM.

THE NEW TUNNEL, WHICH FORMS PART OF ROUTE 4, WILL PROVIDE THE PRINCIPAL ACCESS BETWEEN TSEUNG KWANO AND KOWLOON AND AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE TO THE EXISTING PO LAM ROAD.

WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW TUNNEL, MOTORISTS FROM CLEAR WATER BAY PENINSULA AND TSEUNG KWAN O CAN GAIN ACCESS FROM PO LAM ROAD NORTH AND THE LOCAL ROADS CONNECTING TO TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNEL ROAD.

FOR MOTORISTS FROM KOWLOON, THEY CAN APPROACH THE TUNNEL VIA JUNK BAY ROAD BUT ACCESS TO AND FROM THE TUNNEL IS NOT POSSIBLE FROM SAU MAU PING ROAD.

WHEN THE TUNNEL IS CLOSED, MOTORISTS SHOULD USE PO LAM ROAD AND PO LAM ROAD NORTH.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID A LEAFLET WITH MAPS SHOWING THE ROUTES TO BOTH ENDS OF THE TUNNEL HAD BEEN PRODUCED ΤΟ GUIDE MOTORISTS.

INFORMATION ON TRAFFIC ROUTEINGS, OPENING HOURS, TOLL, TUNNEL PERMIT AND REMOVAL FEE ARE ALSO CONTAINED IN THE LEAFLET, HE ADDED.

MOTORISTS CAN OBTAIN FREE COPIES OF THE LEAFLET FROM THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION'S DISTRICT OFFICES AS WELL AS TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES.

TO COINCIDE WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW TUNNEL, CROSS HARBOUR BUS ROUTE 690 SERVING BETWEEN HONG SING GARDEN AND THE MACAU FERRY PIER IN CENTRAL WILL BE DIVERTED TO TRAVEL VIA THE TUNNEL FROM FRIDAY.

THERE ARE PLANS TO INTRODUCE A GREEN MINIBUS CIRCULAR ROUTE BETWEEN TSEUNG KWAN O VILLAGE AND LAM TIN VIA THE NEW TUNNEL, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNEL OPENING

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES THAT FROM 10 AM ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 8), A SERIES OF TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN TSEUNG KWAN O AND KWUN TONG TO FACILITATE THE OPENING OF TSUENG KWAN O TUNNEL.

TWO 24-HOUR URBAN CLEARWAYS WILL BE DESIGNATED ON FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF ROADS:

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