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Police will implement special traffic arrangements to facilitate four public processions to be held on Hong Kong Island this Sunday (May 1).
(I)
The following roads will be intermittently closed from 10am until the crowd is dispersed:
- Westbound Hennessy Road;
- Queensway;
- Rodney Street;
- Harcourt Road; and
- Northbound Tim Mei Avenue.
(II)
The following roads will be intermittently closed from 11am until the crowd is dispersed:
- Eastbound Des Voeux Road Central;
- Eastbound Queensway between Des Voeux Road Central and Tamar Street;
- Northbound Tamar Street; and
- If necessary, fast lane of Garden Road flyover.
(III)
The following roads will be intermittently closed from 12.45pm until the crowd is dispersed:
- Gloucester Road;
- Sugar Street;
- Yee Wo Street;
- Causeway Road;
- Westbound Leighton Road;
- Keswick Street; and
- Pennington Street.
(IV)
Phase I
The following traffic arrangements will be implemented from 1.30pm until the crowd is dispersed:
A. Road closure
- U-turn slip road between southbound Gloucester Road and northbound Gloucester Road;
- Sugar Street;
- Jardine's Bazaar;
- Tang Lung Street;
- Canal Road East between Hennessy Road and Russell Street; and
- Southbound Gloucester Road between Victoria Park Road flyover and Causeway Road will be intermittently closed.
B. Traffic diversions
- Traffic along southbound Gloucester Road cannot turn right to northbound Gloucester Road;
- Traffic along eastbound Great George Street must turn left to northbound Gloucester Road, except for vehicles heading for southbound Tai Hang Road flyover;
- Traffic along eastbound Yee Wo Street cannot turn left to Sugar Street;
- Traffic along Irving Street must turn right to northbound Pennington Street;
- Traffic along westbound Russell Street must turn left to southbound Canal Road East;
- Traffic along westbound Hennessy Road cannot turn left to Canal Road East;
- If necessary, traffic along southbound Victoria Park Road flyover will be diverted to turn right to westbound Gloucester Road; and
- If necessary, traffic along southbound Gloucester Road heading for Causeway Road will be diverted to southbound Tai Hang Road flyover.
Phase II
The following traffic arrangements will be implemented from 2.15pm until the crowd is dispersed:
A. Road closure
- Westbound Yee Wo Street between Pennington Street and Hennessy Road;
- Yun Ping Road between Kai Chiu Road and Pak Sha Road;
- Kai Chiu Road;
- Lee Garden Road between Kai Chiu Road and Hennessy Road;
- Westbound Hennessy Road;
- Canal Road West between Sharp Street West and Hennessy Road;
- Wan Chai Road between Canal Road West and Morrison Hill Road;
- Bowrington Road between Sharp Street West and Hennessy Road;
- Slip road leading from eastbound Johnston Road to westbound Hennessy Road;
- Rodney Street;
- Westbound Harcourt Road between Harcourt Garden car park exit and Tamar Street;
- First and second right lanes of westbound Harcourt Road between Tamar Street and Cotton Tree Drive;
- Eastbound Harcourt Road between Tim Wa Avenue and Tim Mei Avenue;
- Southbound Tim Wa Avenue, except vehicles heading for Chief Executive¡¦s Office and Central Government Offices car park;
- Southbound Edinburgh Place between Lung Wo Road and Connaught Road Central;
- Northbound Tim Mei Avenue;
- Northbound Legislative Council Road;
- Eastbound Queensway will be intermittently closed; and
- Fast lane of Garden Road flyover will be intermittently closed.
B. Traffic diversions
- Traffic along northbound Pennington Street must turn right to eastbound Yee Wo Street;
- Traffic along Yun Ping Road must turn left to Pak Sha Road or Lan Fong Road;
- Traffic along northbound Canal Road West near the junction with Sharp Street West will be diverted to the up-ramp leading to northbound Canal Road flyover;
- Traffic along eastbound Sharp Street West will be diverted to the up-ramp leading to northbound Canal Road flyover;
- Traffic along eastbound Sharp Street West cannot turn left to northbound Bowrington Road;
- Traffic along northbound Bowrington Road must turn right to eastbound Sharp Street West;
- Traffic along eastbound Wan Chai Road must turn right to southbound Morrison Hill Road;
- Traffic along southbound Stewart Road cannot turn right to westbound Hennessy Road;
- Traffic along southbound Fleming Road cannot turn right to westbound Hennessy Road;
- Traffic along northbound Fleming Road cannot turn left to westbound Hennessy Road;
- Traffic along southbound Fenwick Street cannot turn right to westbound Hennessy Road;
- Traffic along westbound Harcourt Road outside Harcourt Garden car park exit will be diverted to Harcourt Road leading to westbound Harcourt Road flyover;
- Traffic along eastbound Harcourt Road must turn right to southbound Cotton Tree Drive;
- Traffic along Garden Road flyover will be diverted to northbound Cotton Tree Drive;
- Traffic along northbound Cotton Tree Drive will be diverted to northbound Tim Wa Avenue;
- Traffic along Lung Wo Road cannot turn to Tim Wa Avenue, except for vehicles heading for Chief Executive¡¦s Office and Central Government Offices car park;
- Traffic along Lung Wo Road cannot turn to southbound Edinburgh Place;
- Traffic along southbound Tim Mei Avenue cannot turn right to northbound Tim Mei Avenue; and
- Traffic along westbound Lung Wui Road must turn left to southbound Tim Mei Avenue.
Car parks along Great George Street, westbound Hennessy Road and Rodney Street may be closed at short notice if necessary.
Vehicles may not be permitted to leave the car parks along the procession routes during the road closure periods.
Any vehicles found illegally parked within the precinct of the special traffic arrangements will be towed away without prior notice.
Actual implementation of the traffic arrangements will be made depending on traffic and crowd conditions in the area. Motorists are advised to exercise tolerance and patience and take heed of instructions of the Police on site.
Ends/Friday, April 29, 2016
Issued at HKT 17:43
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