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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1991

MEASURES TO RELIEVE TSING YI TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS A NUMBER OF

IMPLEMENTING

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

AND THE TRAFFIC THE BRIDGES,

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LEGISLATIVE

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES TO TACKLE

YI CONGESTION PROBLEMS AT THE TSING

NORTH ANDE SOUTH SECRETARY FOR

MICHAEL LEUNG,

THE TOLD

TRANSPORT MR

COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY.

SAID

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON ALBERT CHAN, MR LOUNG TRAFFIC CONGESTIÓN AT THE TSING YI NORTH AND SOUTH BRIDGES WAS CAUSED

CAPACITY OF INTERCHANGES LOCATED AT MAINLY BY THE RESTRICTED TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG EXITS TO THE BRIDGES.

HE SAID FOR TSING YI INSTITUTE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS INTERCHANGE.

THE

NORTH BRIDGE, PLANS WERE IN HAND TO TO THE TEXACO ROAD/TSUEN WAN BYPASS

"THESE WILL EFFECTIVELY RELIEVE THE CONGESTION. WORK WILL

START EARLY NEXT YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN 1994, MR LEUNG SAID.

HE ADDED THAT IN THE INTERIM, VARIOUS TRAFFIC?! MANAGEMENT OF THE MEASURES HAD ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY JUNCTION,

"AS A RESULT, AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME FOR CROSSING THE BRIDGE IN

HAS HOURS

RECENTLY BEEN PEAK

REDUCED FROM 20

TO MINUTES

FIVE HE SAID. MINUTES. FURTHER INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS WERE BEING CONSIDERED,

HI

SOUTH BRIDGE. ON WORKS TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT TSING VI ON MAJOR

ΤΟ TMPROVEMENTS THE SECRETARY SAID WORK

THE HING FONG END OF THIS YEAR, ROAD/KWAI TSING ROAD JUNCTION WOULD START AT THE FOR COMPLETION IN EARLY 1994.

"THIS PROJECT WILL DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF THE KWAI TSING INTERCHANGE AND WILL ALLEVIATE CONGESTION, HE SAID.

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MEANTIME, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES ALREADY

YI INTRODUCED AT THE TSING

NORTH BRIDGE BAD ALSO BENEFITTED THE SOUTHERN BRIDGE, MR LEUNG SAID.

AT

INTRODUCED BY THE TSING VI

ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES WOULD BE THE END OF THIS YEAR TO FURTHER IMPROVE CONDITIONS SOUTH BRIDGE.

OF THE INTERNAL ROAD KEY ELEMENT'S IN ALL

MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE CAPACITY

Yl WERK NETWORK AND THE TWO BRIDGES AT TSING TRANSPORT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FOR THE AREA.

IN THE LONGER TERM, WITH THE СОМРЬЕТІION OF AIRPORT RELATED OF A RAIL LINK PROJECTS, TSING YI RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE THE BENEFIT AND DIRECT ROAD ACCESS TO WEST KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND.

ON PLANNING OF LAND USE AND TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, MA SAID THAT WAS AN ONGOING INTERACTIVE PROCESS.

"WHERE LAND USE PROPOSALS ARE LIKELY TO GENERATE MORE AN ASSESSMENT IS MADE OF THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ROAD SYSTEM.

LEUNG

TRAFFIC,

/"THIS REVEALED