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Police will implement special arrangements on Hong Kong Island to facilitate the Po Leung Kuk Charity Walk to be held on Sunday (January 31).
The charity walk will commence at about 9.30am at Hong Kong Stadium and will finish at Aberdeen Country Park.
Special traffic arrangements to be implemented are as follows:
Road closure
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(1) Stadium Path will be closed from 7.30am;
(2) A section of uphill Link Road between Caroline Hill Road and Broadwood Road will be closed from 7.30am. The downhill carriageway will be closed if necessary;
(3) A section of the uphill inner lane of Wong Nai Chung Gap Road outside the tennis courts of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will be closed from 7.30am;
(4) A section of downhill Broadwood Road between Link Road and Tai Hang Road will be closed from 8.30am;
(5) Except a section of Tai Hang Road between Upper Blue Pool Road and Blue Pool Road which can be accessed by local residents, a section of westbound Tai Hang Road between Broadwood Road and Blue Pool Road will be closed from 8.30am;
(6) A section of Caroline Hill Road between Link Road and Eastern Hospital Road will be closed from 9am; and
(7) Caroline Hill Road, a section of westbound Hysan Avenue between Hoi Ping Road and Sunning Road, and a section of Lee Garden Road between Lan Fong Road and Hysan Avenue may be closed if necessary.
Road diversions
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(1) A section of westbound Caroline Hill Road between Leighton Road and Eastern Hospital Road will be routed one-way southbound from 7.30am;
(2) A section of eastbound Caroline Hill Road between Leighton Road and Cotton Path will be routed one-way northbound from 7.30am;
(3) A section of Eastern Hospital Road between Caroline Hill Road and Cotton Path will be routed one-way northbound from 7.30am. Vehicular access to St. Paul's Hospital carpark from Tung Lo Wan Road will be maintained;
(4) A section of Link Road between Broadwood Road and Caroline Hill Road will be routed one-way downhill from 8.30am. Traffic along downhill Link Road may be prohibited to turn right at junctions between Link Road and Caroline Hill Road and between Caroline Hill Road and Leighton Road;
(5) A section of Broadwood Road between Link Road and Tai Hang Road will be routed one-way southbound from 8.30am;
(6) Westbound traffic on Tai Hang Road will be diverted to either Perkins Road or eastbound carriageway of Tai Hang Road from 8.30am;
(7) Except for local residents, franchised buses and Green Minibuses, eastbound traffic on Tai Hang Road will be diverted to Blue Pool Road at the junction of Tai Hang Road and Blue Pool Road from 8.30am;
(8) A section of Mount Butler Road between Mount Butler Drive and Price Road will be routed one-way southbound from 8.30am;
(9) Access to Coombe Road from Magazine Gap Road will be restricted to local residents only from 8.30am; and
(10) Catering vehicles will not be allowed to enter the Wan Chai Gap area after 10.30am.
The following traffic diversions will be implemented if necessary:
(1) A section of Hysan Avenue between Leighton Road and Hoi Ping Road will be re-routed one-way eastbound;
(2) Traffic on westbound Hysan Avenue between Yun Ping Road and Sunning Road must turn left to Sunning Road;
(3) Vehicles leaving the Lee Garden must turn left to eastbound Hysan Avenue;
(4) Traffic cones will be laid on a section of Caroline Hill Road between its junction with Leighton Road and Link Road to allow two lanes of traffic entering Caroline Hill Road from Hoi Ping Road;
(5) Traffic from Link Road downhill to northbound Caroline Hill Road must turn left to westbound Leighton Road;
(6) Traffic on Link Road downhill heading for southbound Caroline Hill Road will be prohibited;
(7) Traffic along Lan Fong Road must turn right to northbound Lee Garden Road and then to Foo Ming Street;
(8) Traffic on eastbound Leighton Road heading for the Hong Kong Stadium may be permitted to turn right to Caroline Hill Road;
(9) Traffic on westbound Leighton Road heading for the Hong Kong Stadium may be prohibited to turn left to Caroline Hill Road; and
(10)Traffic along Hoi Ping Road heading for Caroline Hill Road may be prohibited and must turn right to westbound Leighton Road.
Suspension of parking spaces
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(1) The parking spaces on Stadium Path, Caroline Hill Road between Stadium Path and Cotton Path, and Hoi Ping Road, including disable parking spaces, will be suspended between 6am and 2pm.
(2) The carpark on Coombe Road will be suspended between 6am and 2pm.
(3) Access to and from public carparks within the closed areas may also be affected during the event.
Prohibition to learner drivers
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The following roads will be prohibited to all learner drivers between 7am to 2pm:
Tai Hang Road, Leighton Road, Sharp Street East, Percival Street south of Hennessy Road, Caroline Hill Road, Link Road, Stadium Path, Cotton Path, Eastern Hospital Road, Eastern Hospital Road Service Road, Broadwood Road, southbound Wong Nai Chung Gap Road, southbound Stubbs Road Flyover, Aberdeen Reservoir Road and Yue Kwong Road.
Motorists are advised to take heed of traffic signs and follow instructions of the Police at the scene. Any vehicles found illegally parked within the closed areas will be towed away without prior notice.
Police Report No. 2
Ends/Friday, January 29, 2010
Issued at HKT 11:53
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