THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1994
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TSUEN WAN FIRST NEW TOWN WITH ATC SYSTEM
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TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) SYSTEM HELPS REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, SAVE JOURNEY TIME AND IMPROVE TRAFFIC SITUATION, OF KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD WERE TOLD TODAY (THURSDAY).
MEMBERS
DURING A VISIT TO THE TSUEN WAN AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE, MEMBERS WERE SHOWN THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN ATC TECHNOLOGY AS APPLIED IN HONG KONG.
TSUEN WAN HAS BECOME THE FIRST NEW TOWN WITH AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) SYSTEM, AFTER THE SYSTEM WAS COMMISSIONED EARLIER THIS MONTH.
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT,
MR LEE SHU-CHEE, TOLD MEMBERS THAT THE SYSTEM INSTALLED WAS AN INTERIM SYSTEM PROVIDING BASIC ATC FACILITIES COVERING 85 SIGNALISED JUNCTIONS IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI.
IT WILL ВЕ ENHANCED TO THE BASIC SYSTEM WITH ADDITIONAL FACILITIES LATER THIS YEAR.
THE SYSTEM, DESIGNED WITH THE LATEST COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL TECHNIQUES, IS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING A MAXIMUM OF 190 SIGNAL JUNCTIONS.
IT CAN ACTIVATE DIFFERENT SIGNAL PLANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A TIMETABLE STORED IN THE COMPUTER, SO AS TO ADJUST TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMINGS TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, MR LEE SAID.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CONTROL CENTRE AND INSTALLATION OF COMPUTER SYSTEM IN TSUEN WAN WAS COMPLETED IN MID-1993.
THE CENTRE WILL ALSO BE USED TO CONTROL ATC SYSTEMS IN OTHER NEW TOWNS WHEN THEY ARE INSTALLED IN FUTURE.
THE TSUEN WAN ATC SYSTEM USES THE SERVICES OF HONG KONG TELECOM LTD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN THE CONTROL CENTRE AND THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLLERS, THUS ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR ROAD OPENINGS FOR CABLE LAYING AND MAINTENANCE OF ATC DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK.
"IN 1995, THE TSUEN WAN ATC SYSTEM WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY A TRAFFIC MONITORING CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEM WITH MORE THAN 20 ROADSIDE CAMERAS, MR LEE ADDED.
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AFTER THE VISIT, MR CHAN SIU-MAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE, WAS SATISFIED WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S IMPROVEMENT WORK TO SOLVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT BY MAKING USE OF ADVANCED FACILITIES.
HR BELIEVED THAT THE OPERATION OF THIS CONTROL CENTRE WOULD HELPFUL IN AMELIORATING THE BUSY TRAFFIC AROUND THE CONTAINER TERMINALS AND THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, PARTICULARLY TO ADVANCED ARRANGEMENTS TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
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