PASTA OSSIGEJA MAKSUL KU
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on the enclosed map, is a The junction marked with a red cross
There are two schools notorious black spot for traffic problems.
in the near vicinity and the junction has always been wrongly used as parking place for school buses letting out or waiting to pick There can be at one time or another up primary school children.
up to ten school buses parked together en masse; not to mention other private cars and taxis ferrying students, parents and teachers. The area is so congested that even the Headmaster of Pun Yu Wan Yan Primary School is known to stand himself in the middle of the junc-
Then there are those gar- tion to untie the knottted traffic.
bage trucks coming round daily to collect rubbish from the refuse
collection hut.
Perhaps your department may not have fully appreciated the congestion problem here. I would implore you to send your inspectors to the area, and I stress, during term-time between the hours of:
7.30-8.30 am
12.30-1.30 pm &
5.30-6.30 pm
You will then realize the proposed construction would only worsen the present situation. In particular there is the question of the safety of these school children which has not been considered in
the ordinance.
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To my layman eye, the junction is not wide enough to accomodate the
Should such a proposal be flow of a double carriageway proposed. permitted, it would create a blind spot for accidents.
I would like
to query whether the developers are aware of the old road linking
Their present pro- the site to Kennedy Road which they can re-open. posal is no more than for their own convenience at the expense and risk of the present Shiu Fai Terrace road users.
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