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Police will implement special traffic arrangements to facilitate four public events to be held in Tai Po and Hong Kong Island this Sunday (January 10).
Tai Po
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The following roads will be closed from 6am to 9.30am, except for authorised vehicles:
- Ting Kok Road between Tai Mei Tuk Road and Bride¡¦s Pool Road;
- Bride¡¦s Pool Road between Ting Kok Road and Wu Kau Tang Road; and
- Tai Mei Tuk Road from a point about 100 metres south of its junction with the entrance of Tai Mei Tuk Bus Terminus to Tai Mei Tuk Water Sports Centre.
The cycle track along Tai Mei Tuk Road will be intermittently closed from 3am to noon.
Hong Kong Island
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(I)
A. Road closure
Stadium Path will be closed from 7.45am until the crowd is dispersed.
The following roads will be closed from 8am until the crowd is dispersed:
- Northbound Caroline Hill Road between Link Road and Eastern Hospital Road;
- Uphill Link Road between Caroline Hill Road and Broadwood Road;
- Downhill Broadwood Road between Link Road and Tai Hang Road;
- Southbound Tai Hang Road between Broadwood Road and upper Blue Pool Road, and eastbound Tai Hang Road between Broadwood Road and lower Blue Pool Road, except for local residents, franchised buses and green minibuses (GMBs);
- Mount Butler Road between Tai Hang Road and Price Road; and
- Uphill left most lane of Wong Nai Chung Gap Road between the French International School and the Hong Kong Girl Guides Sandilands Centre.
B. Traffic diversions
The following traffic diversions will be implemented from 7.45am until the crowd is dispersed:
- Caroline Hill Road between its western junction with Leighton Road and Stadium Path will be re-routed one way southbound; and
- Eastern Hospital Road between Stadium Path and Tung Lo Wan Road will be re-routed one way northbound.
The following traffic diversions will be implemented from 8am until the crowd is dispersed:
- Traffic along southbound Caroline Hill Road cannot turn right to uphill Link Road;
- Traffic along downhill Link Road between Broadwood Road and Caroline Hill may not turn right to Caroline Hill Road at the junction of Link Road and Caroline Hill Road;
- Traffic along Caroline Hill Road cannot turn right to Leighton Road at the junction of Caroline Hill Road and Leighton Road, and should turn left to westbound Leighton Road;
- Traffic along southbound uphill Broadwood Road between Link Road and Tai Hang Road will be diverted to northbound Tai Hang Road;
- Traffic along southbound Tai Hang Road will be diverted to Perkins Road or make a U-turn to northbound Tai Hang Road;
- Traffic along eastbound Tai Hang Road and lower westbound Blue Pool Road will be diverted to westbound Tai Hang Road, except for local residents, franchised bus routes No.41A and 11 and GMB routes No.14M and 24M; and
- Mount Butler Road between Mount Butler Drive and Price Road will be re-routed one way downhill.
The following traffic diversions will be implemented from 9.30am until the crowd is dispersed:
- Traffic along Stubbs Road cannot enter the Wan Chai Gap Park area and will be diverted to Magazine Gap Road and Coombe Road.
C. Suspension of parking spaces
All on-street parking spaces on the following roads will be suspended from 6am to noon:
- Stadium Path;
- Caroline Hill Road; and
- Hoi Ping Road.
All on-street parking spaces on Coombe Road will be suspended from 6am to 3pm.
D. Prohibition to learner drivers
The following roads will be prohibited to all learner drivers from 6.45am to 3pm:
- 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.
All vehicles found illegally parked within the precinct of the above area will be towed away without prior notice.
(II)
A. Road closure
The following roads will be closed from 10am to 8pm:
- Westbound Lung Wui Road layby outside CITIC Tower;
- Unnamed road between Harcourt Road and Performing Arts Avenue; and
- Chiu Kwong Street between Connaught Road West and Des Voeux Road West.
The following roads will be intermittently closed from 2.30pm until the crowd is dispersed:
- Northbound Tim Mei Avenue;
- Southbound Rodney Street;
- Westbound Queensway;
- Westbound Queen¡¦s Road Central;
- Westbound Queen¡¦s Road West; and
- Northbound Chiu Kwong Street.
B. Suspension of parking spaces
All on-street parking spaces at Lung Wui Road opposite to the CITIC Tower will be suspended from 10am to 8pm.
(III)
The following roads will be intermittently closed from 1.30pm until the crowd is dispersed:
- Westbound Hennessy Road; and
- Westbound Queensway.
Vehicles may not be permitted to leave the car parks along the closed roads.
Actual implementation of the traffic arrangements will be made depending on traffic and crowd conditions in the areas. Motorists are advised to exercise tolerance and patience and take heed of instructions of the Police on site.
Ends/Friday, January 8, 2016
Issued at HKT 19:26
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