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Oral answers to questions

Revised

Traffic congestion

at the Lion Rock Tannel"

Question NO 1

REPLY BY ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT- TO A QUESTION ASKED BY DR. HON, CONRAD LAM

IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 15,6.88

1. DR. LAM asked (in Cantonese) :

Will Government inform this Council :

(a)

(b)

how effective is the tidal flow arrangement in easing the traffic congestion at the Lion Rock Tunnel; and

apart from the aforementioned tidal flow arrangement, will Government adopt other measures to alleviate traffic congestion at the Lion Rock Tunnel?

SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT :

Sir,

The tidal flow arrangement, which has been

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introduced since mid-January, operates between 6 a aym, and 7.30 am, on weekdays. Its introduction has achieved a 20 per cent

It

increase in throughput of southbound traffic from 3300

vehicles to about 3900 vehicles between 7 am and 8 am.

defers the formation of the southbound traffic queue on Lion

Rock Tunnel Road until 7.30 am, and reduces thereafter the average queue length from 3.5km to about 2.5km. As a result,

the journey times of southbound traffic in the morning peak

hours have been reduced by an average of 10 to 15 minutes.

LH

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