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MONY, SEPTEMPER 9,

1991

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TAC DISCUSSES KWAI CHUNG CONGESTION PROBLEM

REVIEWLD THE (MONDAY) THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TODAY

AND SERIOUS TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN KWAI CHUNG EXPERIENCED ON AUGUST 16

TRANSIT MASS

RAILWAY NATHAN WAS BRIEFED ON A FURTHER REPORT ON THE ROAD PEAK HOUR CONGESTION PROBLEM.

MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN KWAI CHUNG

LANDSLIDE IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD, AUGUST 16 WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A BACKLOG OF CONTAINER TRUCKS AT THE CONTAINER TERMINALS AS A RESULT TYPHOON FRED, AND THE HEAVY RAIN COUPLED WITH 27 ROAD ACCIDENTS IN AREA WHICH SLOWED DOWN TRAFFIC.

TRAFFIC

ON A

OF

THE

EMERGENCY TRANSPORT CONTROL WHILE IMMEDIATELY ACTIVATING ITS

IN THE KHAI CHUNG CONDITIONS

CHUNG AREA, THE UNIT TO MONITOR TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT LIAISED WITH THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT TO OPEN UP THE CLOSED SECTIONS OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AS WELL ORGANISED SPECIAL MTR, KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY FEEDER BUS AND SERVICES TO PROVIDE RELIEF TRANSPORT SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC.

AS

FERRY

TÁC NOTED THAT AND CONTAINER PORT AND ARE EXPECTED ΤΟ

TO AVOID RECURRENCE OF THE AUGUST 16 INCIDENT, A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENT WORKS ON KWAI CHUNG ROAD ROAD HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN PROGRESS SINCE 1989 BE COMPLETED IN MID-1992.

OF ÅN EXTRA LANE IN ROAD LINKING

THE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE THE PROVISION EACH DIRECTION ON KWAI CHUNG ROAD, A DUAL TWO-LANE SLIP CHING CHEUNG ROAD DIRECTLY WITH CONTAINER FLYOVERS TO ELIMINATE WEAVING MOVEMENTS ALONG KWAI CHUNG ROAD.

PORT ROAD, AND SEPARATE

WILL BE

BE MARKED

MARKED ON SOME MEANWHILE, SINGLE SOLID WHITE LINES

ROAD TO AVOID CONTAINER TRUCKS JUMPING SECTIONS OF CONTAINER PORT ROAD TO QUEUES AND THUS BLOCKING THE TRAFFIC FLOW.

THE OPENING OF ROUTE 3 WHICH LINKS THE WEST KOWLOON EXPRESSWAY ALSO LIKELY ΤΟ RELIEVE BY 1997 19 CROSSING TO THE LANTAU FIXED CONGESTION ALONG THE KWAI CHUNG ROAD CORRIDOR.

OPERATORS BE ASKED A PRECIPITATING AVOID

TAC CONSIDERED IT IMPORTANT THAT TERMINAL

ΤΟ ARRANGEMENTS TO REVIEW THEIR OPERATIONAL MAJOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION INCIDENT.

MEMBERS NOTED THAT A

MEETING HAD RECENTLY BEEN HELD AMONG TO DISCUSS MEASURES THAT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WITH THE OPERATORS COULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID RECURRENCE OF THE AUGUST 16 INCIDENT.

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MEASURES AGREED AT THE MEETING INCLUDE:

DEPARTMENT AND

AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TO ALERT THE TRANSPORT THE POLICE OF ANY ANTICIPATED UPSURGE IN CONTAINER TRAFFIC,

A PIECE OF TWO-HECTRE LAND TO BE PROVIDED FOR DURING AN EMERGENCY,

OFFICE

PARKING LORRIES

THAT ENSURE WILL

THE DESIGNATED

THE DISTRICT LANDS PARKING SPACES OF THE CONTAINER PORTS ARE PROPERLY UTILISED,

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