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Adapted song, FB group broke the traffic jam in Kwun Tong

2021-03-06T10:07:23.635Z


Everyone knows that traffic jams occur during commuting hours in Kwun Tong, and there are even more popular adaptations of the song "Where is only Chun Yip Lane" and the establishment of a Facebook group to cause serious traffic congestion in Kwun Tong. The Kwun Tong District Council recently held a meeting to review the problem.


District 18 News

Written by: District Licheng

2021-03-06 17:59

Last update date: 2021-03-06 18:00

Everyone knows that traffic jams occur during commuting hours in Kwun Tong, and there are even more popular adaptations of the song "Where is only Chun Yip Lane" and the establishment of a Facebook group to cause serious traffic congestion in Kwun Tong. The Kwun Tong District Council recently held a meeting to review the problem. , The Transport Department re-planned the direction of traffic flow for several major moves aimed at Hoi Yuen Road and How Ming Street, so as to alleviate the hardship of workers who are suffering from traffic congestion.

Chairman of the Kwun Tong District Council, Tsai Chak-hung, said that in the past, car owners in Kwun Tong were related to the Hoi Yuen Road Interchange. As long as vehicles enter the Kwun Tong Industrial Area along Hoi Yuen Road, they will enter a state of no return. The reason is that multiple trucks and private cars are blocked. Many inner streets and major arterial roads, "Like Qiaoming Street, when trucks are parked and unloaded, the two lanes will be turned into one lane. If there is a car supporting it, there will be no half of the lane." In addition, vehicles entering Kaiyuan Road have to get out. Kwun Tong Road, you must turn left into How Ming Street to the underground driveway of Millennium Shopping Mall Phase I. When the traffic is busy, the traffic will start to flow back into the main roads and inner streets, plus Chun Yip Street and Hung To Road. Waiting for violation, the formation of the entire open source road was paralyzed, and it could not be improved for many years.

Transport Department: Implement a number of traffic improvement measures

The District Council recently met to review the relevant issues. Among them, the Transport Department has formulated a number of targeted plans, including first completing the change of Hoi Yuen Road road markings and extending the no-parking restriction period on Wai Yip Street between Hoi Yuen Road and Lai Yip Street. The Department also strives for Five more relief measures will be completed this year, including extending the green time for traffic at the intersection of Hoi Yuen Road and Shing Yip Street, adding a left-turn lane to How Ming Street on Chun Yip Street, and relocating taxis outside of Millennium City Phase I on How Ming Street Station to the newly added parking bay, extension of the no-parking restricted zone on Weiye Street section in the afternoon, and relocation of roadside motorcycle parking spaces on Chun Yip Street to Hung Tu Road to expand the road capacity. The effect remains to be seen.

Average speed of peak hours in Kowloon district records a 10-year low

Tan-hung Choi said that in addition to a number of short- and medium-term measures implemented by the Transport Department, the URA and the Transport Department last week agreed to divert the road in the new housing estate off Hoi Wan. Vehicles can be turned off Kwun Tong Road from Hong Ning Road to reduce the traffic flow of Concord Street to Hoi Yuen Road. In addition, the Kwun Tong Police District has been vigorously sweeping illegal parking in recent months. Once the vehicle was found to have been illegally parked for too long, it not only fined the ticket, but also called the trailer to lock the car and take it away. In the case of full school opening and unrestricted free travel, the effect of traffic jams on Kaiyuan Road leading to the paralysis of the entire district will be alleviated as soon as possible.

At the beginning of this year, the Transport Department announced the peak-hour average speed of major arterial roads in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories over the past ten years. Among them, the morning peak-hour speed in Kowloon recorded a 10-year low. The average hourly speed in 2019 was only 20.6 kilometers, which was slower than the 21.5 kilometers on Hong Kong Island. Tong is regarded as one of the most severe traffic congestion areas in Kowloon during peak hours.

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