28ft. Speedway to Relieve Traffic Congestion All Along Centre of Road: Work to Be F shed in Two Months The appearance of Avenue Edward. Vil from the Bund to Thibet Road is to undergo a complete change. A 28-foot speedway will run down the middle of the avenue, and the present. parking space where ears, rieshas, and ambulating food merchant" have Spent day and night, will be to more. Parking spaces will be provided on each side of the speedway and marked by white lines, while more slowly moving traffic will be confined to the area between thes. parking spaces and the pavements Work has already begun on this change, which is expected to Ania in two months. ed over the Bund. There will be: three lights suspended across the avenue every 120 to 180 feet, In addition to the convenience to motorists of being able Treely without running the danger of being out across by some slow Vehicle, the new construction should meet other traffic diffcalties, not the lerist of which is the recklessness. of the ricsha coolie chasing a fare. In the past the coolies have parked themselves on the space in the middle of the street, especially opposite the Great World at the Junction of the avenue with Thibet Road, and opposite the exchange fand hotel near the corner of Honan
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