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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1992

(FRIDAY) TODAY

THAT

THE

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID

TRAFFIC LIGHTS TRIAL SCHEME WOULD LAST FOR THREE WEEKS DURING WHICH WOULD BE INSTALLED ON HONG CHONG ROAD NEAR HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

FROM SALISBURY THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WILL REGULATE TRAFFIC FLOWS ROAD AND THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND ALLOW THEM TO CROSS-WEAVE IN ORDERLY AND SYSTEMATIC WAY.

AN

NORTH OF THE USED FOR TRAFFIC

UNDER THE TRIAL SCHEME, THE TWO LEFT-HAND LANES TOLL PLAZA WILL BE SIGNAL-CONTROLLED AND SHOULD BE HEADING FOR KWAI CHUNG, MONG KOK OR TSIM SHA TSUI.

FREE-FLOWING THE TWO RIGHT-HAND LANES WILL REMAIN BE USED FOR TRAFFIC HEADING FOR SHA TIN AND KWUN TONG.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL BETWEEN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY MORE THAN 120,000 VEHICLES BOTH DIRECTIONS, AND A ABOUT 3,250 VEHICLES IN EACH DIRECTION,

AND SHOULD

IS A MAJOR LINK TRAFFIC FLOW OF FLOW OF

PEAK-HOUR

VERY THE

HEAVY DESIGN

DAILY

CAPACITY

TRAFFIC

OF

OF FLOW

120,000 AND IS 80,000

THE

VEHICLES MAXIMUM

THIS WELL EXCEEDS CAPACITY OF THE TUNNEL.

SHOULD NOT BR

CAPACITY MAXIMUN THIS "IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT CONSTRICTED IN ANY WAY BY TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE APPROACH ROADS EXIT ROADS OF THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

OR

BR

THE

SITE BY HE ADDED THAT THE TRIAL WOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED ON THE POLICE AND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND APPROPRIATE MEASURES WOULD

TAKEN IN PROMPTLY

OF TRAFFIC SURROUNDING ROAD NETWORKS.

CASE

CONGESTION

AFFECTING

MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO SELECT THE APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC AND TOLL BOOTHS WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL ON KOWLOON SIDE.

LANES THE

ADDITIONAL SIGNS

MARKINGS AND

WILL BE

TO INSTALLED

GUIDE

MOTORISTS AT THE TUNNEL EXIT.

THE SUCCESSFUL, IF THE TRIAL SCHEME PROVED SAID IT WOULD BE TURNED INTO A PERMANENT SCHEME WITH HONG BRING WIDENED TO BECOME A THREE-LANE

BE ΤΟ

OUTSIDE CARRIAGEWAY

SPOKESMAN CHONG ROAD HONG KONG

POLYTECHNIC.

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