Replies to Questions from Finance Committee Members

Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2003-04
CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY TO
INITIAL WRITTEN QUESTION
Head : 186 – Transport Department Subhead (No. & title) :
Programme : (3) District Traffic and Transport Services
Controlling Officer : Commissioner for Transport
Director of Bureau : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
Question : Among the road safety remedial measures planned for 2003-04, how many of
which are traffic accident blacksites and have already been investigated? Is
there any plan to review and obviate the identified traffic accident blacksites?
Asked by : Hon. TANG Siu-tong
Reply : We have an on-going programme to investigate sites with a higher number of
accidents or where serious accidents had occurred. We call these sites "accident
blacksites” which would be investigated for road safety remedial measures.
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When an accident blacksite is identified, the Transport Department will conduct
detailed investigation to examine if there are any distinct accident patterns and identify
common factors contributing to these accidents. Remedial measures will be
proposed to address the common factors identified. We estimate that we can develop
effective measures at about 120 blacksites in 2003-04. Such measures usually
include installation of warning signs, modification of road markings, erection of hand
railings and modification of traffic signals.
Signature
Name in block letters ROBERT FOOTMAN
Post Title Commissioner for Transport
Date 20 March 2003
Reply Serial No.
ETWB(T)055
Question Serial No.
0877