EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING ROAD TUNNEL BY-LAWS

EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING ROAD TUNNEL BY-LAWS

EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING ROAD TUNNEL BY-LAWS

ARRANGEMENT OF BY-LAWS

By-law Page

PRELIMINARY

1. Citation ...............................E2
2. Interpretation ....................... E2
3. Application .......................... E3

4. Exemption ..............................E3

TRAFFIC CONTROL

5. Control of traffic ................... E 3
6. Access ...............................E 3

7. Directions of tunnel officers to be obeyed E 4
8. Lane changing ........................E 4
9. Meaning of traffic signs and road markings E 4
10. Traffic signs and road markings to be obeyed E 4
11. Traffic confined to left-hand lane ..E 4
12. General restrictions ................E 5
13. Fires on vehicles ...................E 5
14. Vehicles, etc., causing obstruction .E 5

TOLLS

15. Liability for tolls .................E 6
16. Collection of tolls .................E 6

PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED TRAFFIC

17. Vehicles prohibited .................E 6
18. Vehicles requiring permits ..........E 8
19. Vehicles conveying dangerous goods ..E 9

MISCELLANEOUS

VI

20. General prohibitions .................E10
21. Smoking and naked flames .............E10
22. Offences and penalties ...............Ell
23. Saving ...............................Ell
24. Application to the Crown .............Ell
Schedule . ...............................E 12





EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING ROAD TUNNEL BY-LAWS

(Cap. 215, section 54)

[26 May 1989]

L.N. 155 of 1989

PRELIMINARY

1. Citation

These by-laws may be cited as the Eastern Harbour Crossing Road Tunnel

By-laws.

2. Interpretation

In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires--

,,articulated vehicle' has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic (Construction and
Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.);

'control centre- has the same meaning as in the regulations;

'driver' has the same meaning as in Part X of the Ordinance;

'franchised bus' has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic (Traffic Control)
Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.);

'gross vehicle weight' and 'permitted gross vehicle weight' have the same
meanings as in the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374);

,,overall width' has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic (Construction and
Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.);

,,owner' has the same meaning as in Part X of the Ordinance;

'prescribed road marking' means a road marking of the size, colour and type
prescribed in the Schedule;

'prescribed traffic sign' means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed
in the Schedule;

'regulations' means regulations made under section 43 of the Ordinance;

'rigid vehicle' has the same meaning as it has in the Road Traffic (Construction and
Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.);

'road marking has the same meaning as in the regulations;

'toll' means the appropriate toll chargeable by the Road Company under the
Ordinance;

'toll booth' means a structure erected at the entrance to, or exit from, a lane for the
purpose of collecting tolls;

'traffic sign' has the same meaning as in the regulations;

'Tunnel Manager' has the same meaning as in the regulations;

'tunnel officer' has the same meaning as in the regulations.





3. Application

(1) These by-laws apply only within the road tunnel area.

(2) The Road Company shall place a traffic sign of the type shown in

(a)Figure No. 8 in the Schedule at each entrance to the road tunnel area;
and

(b)Figure No. 9 in the Schedule at each exit from the road tunnel area.

(3) Any vehicle or thing that is partly within the road tunnel area shall, for the
purposes of these by-laws, be deemed to be within that area.

4. Exemption

(1) A vehicle that carries a person in the public service of the Crown when he is
engaged on duty relating to the road tunnel area is exempt from the payment of a
toll.

(2) If a vehicle of the Government Fire Services Department, an ambulance, a
police vehicle or a vehicle used for defence purposes, including civil defence
purposes, is being used in the course of urgent duty

(a)the driver and owner of the vehicles are exempt from by-law 17(1)(i),
(n), (r), (s), (t), (u), (v) and (w); and

(b)the driver of the vehicle is exempt from by-law 18(1)(a), (b), (f) and
(h).

(3) The driver and owner of a vehicle specified in subparagraph (s), (t), (u) or (v)
of by-law 17(1) which is being moved in an emergency with and in accordance with
the permission of the Tunnel Manager are exempt from by-law 17(1).

TRAFFIC CONTROL

5. Control of traffic

Drivers of vehicles are subject to the control and direction of tunnel officers.

6. Access

No person shall enter or leave the road tunnel area, or shall cause or permit any
vehicle to do so, except at such places as may be provided by the Road Company
for the purpose and be indicated by traffic signs.





7. Directions of tunnel officers to he obeyed

The driver of a vehicle shall comply with any order, signal, requirement or
instruction given or made by a tunnel officer in the course of his duty as such.

8. Lane changing

The driver of a vehicle shall not, unless authorized to do so by a tunnel officer
or by. a traffic sign, cause or permit his vehicle or any part of it to be on or over or to
cross the continuous double lines dividing the road tunnel into traffic lanes.

9. Meaning of traffic signs and road markings

(1) The meaning of a prescribed traffic sign or a prescribed road marking shall
be in accordance with its content and the note relating to the figure of that sign or
marking in the Schedule.

(2) The meaning of a traffic sign or road marking prescribed by the Road Traffic
(Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.) shall be in accordance with its
content and the note relating to the figure of that sign or marking in the Schedules to
those regulations.

10. Traffic signs and road markings to he obeyed

The driver of a vehicle shall comply with the requirement indicated by

(a)a traffic sign of the type shown in any of the Figure Nos. 1 to 12, and
15 to 18 in the Schedule;

(b)such traffic sign or road marking prescribed by the Road Traffic
(Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.) erected and/or
placed or otherwise by the Road Company within the tunnel area
pursuant to the powers vested in the Road Company under the
regulations as the Road Company shall deem fit for the purpose of
regulating traffic.

11. Traffic confined to left-hand lane

(1) The following vehicles shall, except when otherwise directed by a tunnel
officer, be driven only in the nearside lane of a road tunnel

(a) a bus;

(b)a goods vehicle having a permitted gross vehicle weight in excess of
5.5 tonnes;

(c) a vehicle requiring a permit under by-law 18;

(d) a vehicle to which by-law 19 applies;

(e) a vehicle towing another vehicle.

(2) In paragraph (1) 'bus' and 'goods vehicle' have the same meaning as in
the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374).





12. General restrictions

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), except on the direction of a tunnel officer, no
person shall-
(a) tow or push a vehicle or cause a vehicle to be towed or pushed;
(b) change a wheel or tyre on a vehicle;
(c) repair a vehicle;
(d) refuel a vehicle;
(e) make a U-turn with or reverse a vehicle;
(f) drive a vehicle at a speed of less than 25 kilometres an hour, or
stop a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain stationary except-
(i) when required to do so under these by-laws;
(ii) when necessary to avoid an accident or when compelled to
do so by reason of fire, accident or breakdown, and then
only for so long as may be reasonable in the circumstances;
(iii)at a toll booth or other place where such action is un-
avoidable; or
(iv) in the case of a franchised bus, at a designated bus stop, and
then only for so long as may be reasonably necessary for
persons to get on or off the bus;
(g) drive a vehicle onto any footway;
(h) get out of or off a vehicle, except-
(i) in the case of a franchised bus, at a designated bus stop; or
(ii) for the purpose of complying with by-law 13;
(i) being the driver of a vehicle, leave the vehicle unattended, except
for the purpose of complying with by-law 13;
(j) move or tamper with a traffic sign or road marking;
(k) use any horn, siren, whistle or other noise-making device.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply to an articulated vehicle.

13. Fires on vehicles

If a fire occurs on or in any vehicle, the driver of the vehicle shall-
(a) stop the vehicle as soon as practicable, if it is not already
stationary; and
(b) immediately go on foot to the nearest indicated fire point and
activate the fire alarm.

14. Vehicles, etc., causing obstruction

(1) A vehicle or thing causing obstruction may be towed away or removed
by a tunnel officer at the risk of its owner, and may be detained and stored by
the Road Company.





(2) The Road Company may recover from the owner of such vehicle or thing
such sum in respect of its towage or removal and storage as may be fixed from time
to time by the Road Company, with the approval of the Commissioner.

(3) A list of the sums fixed by the Road Company under paragraph (2) may be
published by the Road Company in such manner as it thinks fit.

TOLLS

15. Liability for tolls

The driver of a vehicle in respect of which a toll is payable is liable to pay the
toll in respect of the passage of the vehicle through the road tunnel.

16. Collection of tolls

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall drive a vehicle past a toll booth
unless he

(a)stops and pays to the toll collector on duty at the booth the
appropriate toll for the vehicle; or

(b)stops and tenders to the toll collector a toll ticket appropriate to the
vehicle.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a vehicle of the kind mentioned in by-law
4(2), but the toll payable in respect of such a vehicle may be paid in such a manner
as may be agreed between the Road Company and the Commissioner.

prohibited AND RESTRICTED TRAFFIC

17. Vehicles probibited

(1) The driver or owner of any of the following vehicles shall not cause or
permit the vehicle to enter or remain in the road tunnel area

(a) a vehicle other than a motor vehicle and an articulated vehicle;

(b) a motor assisted pedal-cycle;

(c)a vehicle with an engine the total cylinder capacity of which does not
exceed 50 cubic centimetres;

(d) a vehicle the height of which (including load) exceeds 4.6 metres;

(e) a vehicle with a tyre that is defective or not properly inflated;

(f) a tracked vehicle travelling on its tracks;

(g)a vehicle carrying animals or birds that are not properly controlled or
confined or carrying garbage, hay, straw, fine particles or similar
material that is not sufficiently covered;





(h)a vehicle with a load, or the cover of a load, that is not properly
secured so as to prevent the load or any part of the load from falling
off or coming into contact with the structure or fittings or fixtures of
the road tunnel;

(i)a vehicle carrying a person standing on the outside of the vehicle or
seated with any part of his body overhanging the sides or rear of the
vehicle;

(j)a vehicle that is emitting or is likely to emit excessive fumes or smoke
in the road tunnel area;

(k)a vehicle that is carrying insufficient fuel or water or the batteries of
which are insufficiently charged to enable it to complete its passage
unaided through the road tunnel area;

(1)a vehicle that is likely to come into contact with the structure or
fittings or fixtures of the road tunnel;

(m) a tanker vehicle with a spigot or other part that is leaking;

(n)a vehicle in which the driver's view to the front or sides is or could
readily be obscured;

(o)a vehicle being driven by a person who is under the influence of
drink or drugs to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper
control of the vehicle;

(p)a vehicle that is likely to endanger persons or property or render the
use of the road tunnel unsafe;

(q)a vehicle being driven by a person under a learner's driving licence as
defined in the Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Regulations (Cap. 374
sub. leg.);

(r)a vehicle carrying any of the goods specified in Category 1 of the
Schedule to the Dangerous Goods (Classification) Regulations (Cap.
295 sub. leg.);

(s)a vehicle carrying any of the goods specified in Category 2 of the
Schedule to the Dangerous Goods (Classification) Regulations (Cap.
295 sub. leg.), unless there is a quantity specified in relation to such
goods in the second column of the Table to regulation 74 of the
Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.) and the
goods carried do not exceed that quantity;

a vehicle carrying any cylinders (as defined in regulation 61 of the
Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.) used or
to be used for the storage of any compressed gas specified in
Category 2 of the Schedule to the Dangerous Goods (Classification)
Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.), whether or not such cylinders
contain any quantity of such gas;

(u)a vehicle carrying any of the goods specified in Category 5 of the
Schedule to the Dangerous Goods (Classification) Regulations (Cap.
295 sub. leg.), unless there is a quantity specified in relation





to such goods in the seventh [or, where no such quantity is there
specified, in the eighth] column of the Table to regulation 99 of
the Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.)
and the goods carried do not exceed that quantity;
(v)a vehicle constructed or adapted for the conveyance, or a vehicle
carrying a container used or to be used for the storage, of goods
specified in Category 5 of the Schedule to the Dangerous Goods
(Classification) Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.), whether or not
such vehicle or container contains any quantity of such goods;
(w)a vehicle that does not conform to the requirements of the Road
Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations
(Cap. 374 sub. leg.).
(2) This by-law does not prohibit the conveyance through the road tunnel
of petroleum -Spirit that is being carried in a vehicle for the purposes only of the
propulsion of the vehicle, or of petroleum spirit, up to a maximum of 20 litres in
securely closed cans, that is being carried on a vehicle for such use.

18. Vehicles requiring permits

(1) No person shall drive any of the following vehicles into the road
tunnel area unless he is in possession of a permit issued in respect of that vehicle
by the Tunnel Manager and such entry is in accordance with that permit-
(a) a vehicle the height of which (including load) exceeds 4.6 metres;
(b) a rigid vehicle the length of which exceeds 11 metres;
(e) an articulated vehicle the length of which exceeds 16 metres;
(d)a vehicle, other than a trailer, the load of which extends forwards
more than 1.5 metres from the foremost part of the vehicle;
(e)a vehicle the load of which extends backwards more than 1.4
metres behind the rearmost part of the vehicle;
a vehicle with a wheel-load exceeding 4.5 tonnes or an axle-load
exceeding 11 tonnes;
(g)a vehicle or trailer in respect of which a movement permit is
issued under regulation 53(1) of the Road Traffic (Registration
and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.);
(h)a vehicle the overall width of which (including load) exceeds 2.5
metres;
(i)a vehicle for which no toll is specified in the Schedule to the
Ordinance;
(j)a vehicle of any class the gross vehicle weight of which exceeds
the permitted gross vehicle weight for a vehicle of that class
specified in the Second Schedule to the Road Traffic (Con-
struction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374
sub. leg.).





(2) A person requiring a permit under paragraph (1) may apply in writing for one
to the Tunnel Manager, giving details of the vehicle or trailer and its load, if any, and
the time, date and direction of its proposed passage through the road tunnel.

(3) Where an application for a permit is made under paragraph (2) in respect of a
vehicle or trailer referred to in paragraph (1)(g) such application shall, if so required
by the Tunnel Manager, be accompanied by such civil engineering advice or other
information relating to the vehicle or trailer as may be specified by the Tunnel
Manager.

(4) An application for a permit under paragraph (2) shall be made at least 48
hours before the proposed passage of the vehicle or trailer through the road tunnel,
except where the Tunnel Manager waives this requirement.

(5) The Tunnel Manager may specify in a permit issued under this by-law

(a)the date and time for the passage of the vehicle or trailer through the
road tunnel; and

(b) such other conditions as the Tunnel Manager thinks fit.

(6) The following fee shall be payable to the Road Company for the issue of a
permit under this by-law

(a) for a permit in respect of a vehicle referred to in paragraph (1)(a),

(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i) or (j) $100; and

(b) for a permit in respect of a vehicle or trailer referred to in

paragraph (1)(g) $500.

19. Vehicles conveying dangerous goods

(1) Subject to this by-law, the Road Company may fix the hours during which all
or any of the vehicles to which this by-law applies may enter the road tunnel area.

(2) No person shall drive any vehicle to which this by-law applies into the road
tunnel area except with the permission of the Tunnel Manager, which permission, if
granted, shall be subject to the following conditions

(a)if hours have been fixed under paragraph (1) in respect of the class of
vehicle concemed, the permission shall relate only to those hours;

(b)a declaration shall be made in writing to the Tunnel Manager by the
person in charge of the vehicle, or by the person responsible for the
conveyance of any goods in or on the vehicle, as to the nature of the
vehicle and goods; and

(c)the Tunnel Manager may provide tunnel officers for the purpose of
escorting the vehicle through the road tunnel area and may take any
other precautionary measure which he considers expedient in the
circumstances.





(3) This by-law applies to-

(a)a vehicle conveying any goods specified in Category 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 or
10 in the Schedule to the Dangerous Goods (Classification)
Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.); and

(b)a vehicle conveying matches in bulk, radioactive substances, or
biological specimens dangerous to human or animal life.

MISCELLANEOUS

20. General prohibitions

No person shall-

(a)obstruct or interfere with any employee or agent of the Road
Company in the execution of his duty;

(b)enter any part of the road tunnel area save in accordance with the
provisions of the Ordinance or these by-laws or if authorized to do so
by the Tunnel Manager in writing;

(c) damage or deface any property of the Road Company;

(d)loiter or remain after having been requested by a tunnel officer to
leave the road tunnel area;

(e) negligently allow any animal to stray;

(f) throw or drop anything from a vehicle;

(g)sell or offer for sale any article except with the consent in writing of
the Tunnel Manager;

(h) not being an employee or agent of the Road Company(i) alter
or interfere with any notice or sign;

(ii) paint, write, or otherwise display any placard, bin, notice,
advertisement or other matter;

(iii) climb upon or remove any property of the Road Company;

(i)throw or drop anything from the footbridge situated above the toll
plaza;

(j)fail to comply with the requirements stated in Part VII except
regulations 50, 51, 51A and 52, and Part VIII of the Road Traffic
(Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.).

21. Smoking and naked flames

When requested to do so by a tunnel officer, a person shall-

(a) extinguish a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in his possession;

(b) refrain from exposing a naked flame or causing a spark.





22. Offences and penalties

Any person who contravenes by-law 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19(2),
20 or 21 shall be guilty of an ofrence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine
of $2,000.

23. Saving

Nothing in these by-laws shall be taken to restrict, derogate from or
otherwise interfere with any power conferred or duty imposed by or under any
law upon any person in the service of the Crown.

24. Application to the Crown

Except where otherwise expressly provided these by-laws shall apply to
vehicles and persons in the public service of the Crown.





SCHEDULE [by-laws 2, 3, 9 & 10]

FIGURE No. 1

GREEN





DARK
BACKGROUND

LANE SIGNAL

THIS SIGN WHEN DISPLAYED CONVEYS TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC PROCEEDING IN THE
TRAFFIC LANE ABOVE AND IN RELATION TO WHICH IT IS DISPLAYED THAT TRAFFIC MAY
PROCEED OR CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THE SAID LANE BENEATH OR BEYOND THE SAID ARROW AND
IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT IN WHICH THE ARROW FACES. IT MAY ALSO BE USED AT
A TOLL BOOTH TO INDICATE THAT VEHICLES MAY PROCEED IN THAT LANE.







FIGURE No. 2



DARK
BACKGROUND

GREEN

PROCEED RIGHT OR KEEP RIGHT

THE DIRECTION OF THE ARROW MAY BE REVERSED TO GIVE-

PROCEED LEFT OR KEEP LEFT

THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT VEHICLES MUST PROCEED TO THE RIGHT-HAND
LANE, OR TO THE LEFT-HAND LANE, IF THE DIRECTION OF THE ARROW IS REVERSED.





FIGURE No. 3



DARK
BACKGROUND

RED



LANE SIGNAL

THIS SIGN WHEN DISPLAYED CONVEYS TO VE111CULAR TRAFFIC PROCEEDING IN
THE TRAFFIC LANE ABOVE AND IN RELATION TO WHICH IT 15 DISPLAYED THE PROHIBITION
THAT SUCH TRAFFIC SHALL NOT PROCEED BENEATH OR BEYOND THE RED CROSS IN THE SAID
TRAFFIC LANE IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT IN WHICH THE RED CROSS FACES. IT
MAY ALSO BE USED AT A TOLL BOOTH TO INDICATE THAT VEHICLES MAY NOT PROCEED IN
THAT LANE.





FIGURE No.4

RED

YELLOW (AMBER)

NOT GREATER THAN BETEEN CENTRES OF ADJACENT LENSES

BLACK


GREEN


LANE SIGNAL

THE SIGNAL MAY IN A ROAD TUNNEL AREA BE PLACED IN A VERTICAL OR
HORIZONTAL POSITION ABOVE OR AT THE SIDE OF A TRAFFIC LANE FOR THE CONTROL OF
THAT TRAFFIC PROCEEDING ALONG THE TRAFFIC LANE OVER OR AT THE SIDE OF AND IN
RELATION TO WHICH THE SIGNALS HAVE BEEN PLACED, PROVIDED THAT WHEN THE SIGNAL 15
PLACED ABOVE THE TRAFFIC LANE THE GREEN ARROW SHALL POINT DOWNWARDS.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SIGNAL SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS

(i)WHEN A GREEN ARROW IS DISPLAYED VEHICULAR TRAFFIC PROCEEDING IN THE
TRAFFIC LANE ABOVE OR AT THE SIDE OF AND IN RELATION TO WHICH IT IS
DISPLAYED MAY PROCEED ALONG THAT LANE.

(ii) WHEN A STEADY OR INTERMITTENT AMBER LIGHT IS DISPLAYED
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC PROCEEDING IN THE TRAFFIC LANE ABOVE
OR AT THE SIDE OF AND IN RELATION TO WHICH IT IS DISPLAYED
SHALL PROCEED ALONG THAT LANE WITH CAUTION AND BE PREPARED
TO STOP, PROVIDED THAT THE AMBER LIGHT MAY BE OMITTED FROM
ANY SIGNAL INSTALLATION WHEN THE SIGNAL SHALL CONSIST OF A





(iii)
LIGHT CAPABLE OF 5110WING A RED CROSS AND A LIGHT CAPABLE OF SHOWING A
GREEN ARROW.

WHEN A RED CROSS IS DISPLAYED VEHICULAR TRAFFIC PROCEEDING IN THE TRAFFIC
LANE ABOVE OR AT THE SIDE OF AND IN RELATION TO WHICH IT IS DISPLAYED
SHALL NOT PROCEED BENEATH OR BEYOND OR PAST THE RED CROSS.

THE SIGNAL MAY BE USED AT TOLL BOOTHS.





FIGURE No. 5

DARK GROUND RED NEON LETTERS
& CHARACTERS [PULSATING]




USE DIPPED HEADLIGHTS

WHEN THIS SIGN IS DISPLAYED ALL TRAFFIC
SHALL PROCEED THROUGH THE ROAD TUNNEL ON DIPPED
HEADLIGHTS.





FIGURE No. 6

RED BORDER

WHITE BACKGROUND

BLACK LETTERS &
NUMBERS

SPEED LIMIT

THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT A SPEED LIMIT OF 50 km PER HOUR is IMPOSED ON THE
SECTION OF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SIGN.

THE SIGN MAY BE ERECTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AND/OR ON A CENTRAL
RESERVATION IN THE CASE OF A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY AT THE START OF A RESTRICTION FACING
ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

THE 300 mm SIZED SIGN MAY ALSO BE ERECTED AT INTERVALS ALONG THE ROAD TO
REMIND MOTORISTS OF THE SPEED LIMIT IN FORCE.





FIGURE No. 7

RED BORDER

WHITE BACKGROUND

BLACK LETTERS &
NUMBERS



SPEED LIMIT

THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT A SPEED LIMIT 011 70 kin PER HOUR is IMPOSED
ON THE SECTION OF THE ROA13 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SIGN.

THE SIGN MAY BE ERECTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AND/OR ON A CENTRAL
RESERVATION IN THE CASE OF A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY AT THE START OF A RESTRICTION FACING
ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

THE 300 mm SIZED SIGN MAY ALSO BE ERECTED AT INTERVALS ALONG TEAS ROAD
TO REMIND MOTORISTS OF THE SPEED LIMIT IN FORCE.





FIGURE No. 8

BLUE BACKGROUND WHITE BORDER LETTERS,

AND CHARACTERS




TUNNEL AREA

THIS SIGH INDICATES THE START OF THE ROAD TUNNEL AREA WHERE THE
PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING
ORDINANCE, THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING ROAD TUNNEL REGULATIONS AND THE
EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING ROAD TUNNEL BY-LAWS APPLY.





FIGURE No. 9

BLUE BACKGROUND

WHITE BORDER. LETTERS
& CHARACTERS



TUNNEL AREA END

THIS SIGN INDICATES THE END OF THE ROAD TUNNEL AREA WHERE THE
PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING ORDINANCE,
THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING ROAD TUNNEL REGULATIONS AND THE EASTERN HARBOUR
CROSSING ROAD TUNNEL BY-LAWS APPLY.





FIGURE No. 10

BLUE BACKGROUND WHITE BORDER, LETTERS,
& CHARACTERS.



KEEP IN LANE

THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT MUST KEEP IN THEIR LANES.





FIGURE No. 11

BUSES,
MEDIUM AND HEAVY
GOODS VEHICLES
KEEP LEFT

WHITE BORDER LETTERS & CHARACTERS
BLUE BACKGROUND

KEEP LEFT SIGN FOR TUNNEL

THE SIGN INDICATES THAT BUSES, MEDIUM AND HEAVY GOODS

VEHICLES MUST KEEP TO THE NEARSIDE LANE.





FIGURE No. 12

RED BORDER
DIAGONAL

WHITE BACKGROUND

BLACK SYMBOL

ALL MOTOR VEHICLES PROHIBITED

THIS SIGN PROHIBITS ENTRY TO ALL MOTOR VEHICLES.

THIS SIGN MAY BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES IN
FIGURE Nos 13, 14 OR ON DIRECTION SIGNS.





FIGURE No. 13

WHITE BACKGROUND BLACK BORDER LETTERS

& CHARACTERS

Except franchised
buses



THIS PLATE WILL BE USED ATTACHED TO SIGNS TO INDICATE THE
EXCEPTION OF FRANCHISED BUSES TO THE PARTICULAR RESTRICTION IN FIGURE NO.
12.

THE WORDS 'FRANCHISED BUSES' MAY BE VARIED TO ACCORD WITH THE
SPECIFIED TYPE OR CLASS OR DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE EXCEPTED.





FIGURE No. 14

A BLACK BORDER LETTERS AND CHARACTERS

Except authorized
by the Company

WHITE

BACKGROUND



THIS PLATE MAY BE USED WITH THE SIGNS IN FIGURE No. 12.





FIGURE NO. 15

Exact Payment

NO Motor Cycles


WHITE LETTERS, CHARACTERS & SYMBOL BLUE BACKGROUND

NO CHANGE TOLL SIGH

WHEN THIS SIGN IS DISPLAYED OVER A TOLL BOOTH OR BOOTHS ADJACENT TO A
TRAFFIC LANE OR LANES AS INDICATED BY THE DOWNWARD POINTING ARROWS ON TIME
SIGN, IT INDICATES THAT THE TOLL BOOTH OR BOOTHS ARE FOR USE ONLY BY DRIVERS
PAYING THE CORRECT TOLL AND REQUIRING NO CHANGE TO BE GIVEN, AND THAT THE USE OF
TIME TOLL BOOTH OR BOOTHS BY MOTOR CYCLES IS PROHIBITED.

THE NUMBER OF ARROWS AND THE OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF THE SIGN MAY BE
VARIED TO SUIT TIRE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.





FIGURE No. 16

RED BORDER & DIAGONAL

YELLOW

BLACK SYMBOL

WHITE
BACKGROUND

DANGEROUS GOODS PROHIBITED

THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT VEHICLES CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS OF PARTICULAR
CATEGORIES ARE PROHIBITED FROM PASSING BEYOND THE SIGN.

IT MAY BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SIGN IN FIGURE No. 17.





FIGURE No. 17

WHITE BACKGOUND BLACK BORDER LETTERS
& CHARACTERS

Categories 1,2,5



THIS SIGN WHEN USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SIGN IN
FIG. No. 16 INDICATES THE CATEGORY OR CATEGORIES OF
DANGEROUS GOODS REFERRED TO IN THAT FIGURE.





FIGURE No.18



RED WHEN ILLUMINATED

FIBRE OPTIC (LIGHTS)
DARK GROUND

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OVERHEIGHT DETECTION - STOP SIGN

WHEN THE SIGN IS DISPLAYED IT SHALL INDICATE THE PROHIBITION THAT
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC SHALL NOT PROCEED BEYOND THE SIGN, UNLESS DIRECTED TO DO
SO BY A TUNNEL OFFICER.





FIGURE No. 19

YELLOW
MARKING MINIMUM

EDGE OF CARRIAGEWAY

EDGE OF CARRIAGEWAY

MAXIMUM
DIRECTION
OF TRAVEL

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TRANSVERS YELLOW BAR MARKINGS

TO INDICATE TO DRIVERS THE NEED TO REDUCE THE SPEED
OF THEIR VEHICLES.

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