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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1994

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TRAFFIC MEASURES AT CONTAINER TERMINAL AREA EFFECTIVE

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THE IMPROVEMENT MEASURES IMPLEMENTED IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS CONTAINER PORT AREA HAVE PROVED TO BE EFFECTIVE IN PROMOTING

TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE MEASURES WERE FORMULATED BY A WORKING GROUP SET UP UNDER THE CONTAINER TERMINAL (OPERATION LIAISON) GROUP.

"THE TASK OF THE WORKING GROUP IS TO REVIEW THE RELATIVE LOCATIONS, USE AND THE NUMBER OF ACCESS POINTS ΤΟ THE VARIOUS TERMINALS WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW AND MINIMISING DESTRUCTION OF ACCESS POINTS BY TRAFFIC QUEUES," HE SAID.

THE MEASURES WERE:

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24-HOUR URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTION ALONG BOTH SIDES OF CONTAINER PORT ROAD THIS SCHEME WAS IMPLEMENTED ON AUGUST 6 LAST YEAR ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF CONTAINER PORT ROAD;

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NEW EMERGENCY EXIT CONNECTING CONTAINER PORT ROAD NEAR TERMINAL NO. 8 WITH PO LUN STREET IN LAI CHI KOK

THIS PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL OUTLET FOR THE CONTAINER PORT TRAFFIC DURING EMERGENCY AND THE WORK WAS COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER 9 LAST YEAR.

U-TURN LANE AT THE NORTH OF THE ROUNDABOUT OPPOSITE TERMINAL NO. 4 THIS SCHEME PROVIDED A SEPARATE EXIT LANE TO KWAI CHUNG ROAD, THEREBY REDUCING THE BURDEN AT THE BUSY ROUNDABOUT AND THE WORK WAS COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER 17 LAST YEAR;

OPENINGS AT THE CENTRAL DIVIDER IN CONTAINER PORT ROAD FOR EMERGENCY USE THREE SECTIONS OF CENTRAL DIVIDER, EACH OF 20 METRES WIDE IN FRONT OF TERMINALS NO. 4, 7, AND 8 WERE REMOVED WITH DROP-GATE PROVISION.

THE WORK WAS COMPLETED IN EARLY NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. THE OPENINGS WILL BE MANAGED BY THE POLICE UNDER EMERGENCIES TO RELEASE THE EXIT TRAFFIC FROM THE TERMINALS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE;

ROAD LINK BETWEEN THE NORTH-BOUND SLIP ROAD OF CHING CHEUNG ROAD AND THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FLYOVER TO LAI KING HILL ROAD THIS SCHEME WILL SEPARATE THE LAI KING TRAFFIC FROM THAT OF CONTAINER PORT ROAD AND WAS COMPLETED EARLY LAST MONTH.

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE CONTAINER OPERATORS, FLEET OPERATORS AND CONCERNED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WILL CONTINUE ΤΟ CLOSELY MONITOR THE TRAFFIC SITUATION, PARTICULARLY IN PREPARING FOR THE COMING OF THE NEXT TYPHOON SEASON, THE SPOKESMAN

SAID.

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