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Police will implement special traffic arrangements to facilitate the holding of the rugby tournaments at the Hong Kong Stadium from Friday (March 28) to Sunday (March 30).
A. Traffic arrangements at the commencement of the event
The following traffic arrangements will be implemented from noon on March 28, and from 7am daily on March 29 and 30:
I. Road closure:
- Northbound Caroline Hill Road between Cotton Path and Leighton Road/Pennington Street, except for vehicles to St. Paulˇ¦s Hospital when the access from Tung Lo Wan Road is closed;
- Westbound Hysan Avenue between Hoi Ping Road and Sunning Road;
- Lee Garden Road between Lan Fong Road and Hysan Avenue may be closed if necessary; and
- Downhill section of northbound Link Road may be closed if necessary, except for vehicles heading for No. 1A, 3, 5 and 7 on Link Road.
II. Traffic diversion:
- Caroline Hill Road between Leighton Road and Stadium Path will be re-routed one way southbound;
- Eastern Hospital Road between Stadium Path and Tung Lo Wan Road will be re-routed one way northbound;
- Hysan Avenue between Leighton Road and Hoi Ping Road will be re-routed one way eastbound;
- Eastbound Hysan Avenue will have two lanes of traffic to turn right to Hoi Ping Road;
- Traffic on westbound Hysan Avenue between Yun Ping Road and Sunning Road must turn left to Sunning Road;
- A section of Caroline Hill Road between Leighton Road and Link Road will have two lanes for traffic entering Caroline Hill Road from Hoi Ping Road;
- Traffic from northbound Link Road downhill to northbound Caroline Hill Road must turn left to westbound Leighton Road;
- Vehicles leaving the Lee Gardens must turn left to eastbound Hysan Avenue; and
- Taxis and coaches may be permitted to turn right from the offside lane of eastbound Leighton Road to Caroline Hill Road if situation warrants.
III. Passenger alighting arrangements
All coaches will be banned from entering Eastern Hospital Road directly from Caroline Hill Road. They should travel through Caroline Hill Road and drop off passengers and leave by way of Cotton Path, Eastern Hospital Road and Tung Lo Wan Road. Coaches with permit from the Rugby Union will be allowed to enter the west tunnel of Hong Kong Stadium via Stadium Path.
The drop off zone for free shuttle buses will be at the northern kerbside of Cotton Path. They should leave via Eastern Hospital Road and Tung Lo Wan Road.
The drop off zone for taxis will be at the southern kerbside of Eastern Hospital Road near the eastern side of the Stadium main entrance.
The drop off zone for private cars will be at the northern kerbside of Eastern Hospital Road near the eastern side of the Stadium main entrance.
B. Traffic arrangements on conclusion of the event
The following traffic arrangements will be implemented from 9.10pm on March 28, and from 7pm daily on March 29 and 30:
I. Road closure:
- Caroline Hill Road;
- Eastern Hospital Road;
- Eastern Hospital Road service road;
- Cotton Path;
- Downhill section of northbound Link Road, except for vehicles heading for No. 1A, 3, 5 and 7 on Link Road;
- Hoi Ping Road; and
- If necessary, Leighton Road.
II. Traffic diversion:
- Vehicles on Leighton Road heading for Link Road will be diverted through Wong Nai Chung Road and Broadwood Road;
- Vehicles on Leighton Road/Caroline Hill Road will be banned from entering Caroline Hill Road for Link Road; and
- If Leighton Road is closed, traffic from westbound Causeway Road will be directed to Irving Street; traffic from eastbound Morrison Hill Road will be diverted through Canal Road West; traffic from southbound Percival Street must turn right to westbound Leighton Road; and traffic from southbound Canal Road East will be banned from turning left to Leighton Road.
C. Traffic arrangements throughout the event
The following roads will be prohibited to all learner drivers between noon and 11pm on March 28, between 7am and 9.30pm daily on March 29 and 30:
- Leighton Road;
- Sharp Street East;
- Percival Street south of Hennessy Road;
- Caroline Hill Road;
- Link Road;
- Stadium Path;
- Cotton Path;
- Eastern Hospital Road; and
- Eastern Hospital Road service road.
In addition, learner drivers will not be allowed to enter Tung Lo Wan Road from Causeway Road.
All on-street parking spaces, motorcycle parking spaces and disabled parking spaces on the following roads will be suspended between 10am and 11pm on March 28, between 6am and 9.30pm daily on March 29 and 30:
- Stadium Path;
- Northbound Caroline Hill Road between Stadium Path and Cotton Path;
- Eastern Hospital Road service road; and
- Hoi Ping Road.
A temporary 24 hours restricted zone will be put into effect along the kerbside of eastbound Leighton Road between Matheson Street and Percival Street between noon on March 28 and 9.30pm on March 30.
If necessary, car parks along Caroline Hill Road may be closed at short notice. Vehicles in car parks within road closure areas may not be permitted to leave the car parks during the road closure period.
In addition, the section of Dˇ¦Aguilar Street between Wyndham Street and Wellington Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Wing Wah Lane and Wo On Lane will be closed between 6pm and 5am the following day daily on March 27 and 28, and between 5pm and 5am the following day daily on March 29 and 30. The motorcycle parking spaces outside No. 43-45 Wyndham Street will be suspended between 2pm on March 28 and 7am on March 31.
Any vehicles found illegally parked within the precinct of the above areas will be towed away without prior notice.
Actual implementation of road closure and traffic diversion will be made by Police officers at the time depending on traffic condition. Motorists are urged to take heed of traffic signs and follow the instructions of Traffic Police at scene.
Ends/Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Issued at HKT 16:19
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