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Special traffic arrangements on Hong Kong Island
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     Police will implement the following special traffic arrangements on Sunday (February 11) to facilitate a public procession to be held on Hong Kong Island.

Road closure
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     The following roads will be closed from about noon until the crowd is dispersed and traffic resumes normal:

- The leftmost lane of Garden Road between Cheung Kong Centre and Lower Albert Road;
- Eastbound Lower Albert Road between Ice House Street and Garden Road; and
- Upper Albert Road between Garden Road and Lower Albert Road.

     The following roads will be closed from about 2pm until the crowd is dispersed and traffic resumes normal:

- Southbound Fenwick Street between Hennessy Road and Johnston Road, except for franchised buses;
- Northbound Luard Road between Johnston Road and Hennessy Road;
- Eastbound Thomson Road between Johnston Road and Luard Road;
- Westbound Johnston Road between Ship Street and Landale Street; and
- Northbound Justice Drive towards westbound Queensway.

     The following roads will be intermittently closed from 2.30pm until the crowd is dispersed and traffic resumes normal:

- Westbound Hennessy Road between Luard Road and Queensway; and
- Westbound Queensway.

Traffic diversions
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     The following traffic diversions will be implemented from about noon until the crowd is dispersed and traffic resumes normal:

- Traffic along eastbound Upper Albert Road cannot turn left to westbound Upper Albert Road; and
- Traffic along eastbound Lower Albert Road outside the Fringe Club must go straight to Ice House Street.

     The following traffic diversions will be implemented from about 2pm until the crowd is dispersed and traffic resumes normal:

- Traffic along westbound Johnston Road cannot turn right to northbound Luard Road;
- Traffic along westbound Johnston Road must turn left to southbound Ship Street;
- Traffic along westbound Johnston Road cannot turn right to Thomson Road;
- Traffic along westbound Hennessy Road cannot turn left to eastbound Johnston Road;
- Traffic along eastbound Hennessy Road cannot turn right to southbound Fenwick Street, except for franchised buses;
- Traffic along westbound Johnston Road from Landale Street must turn left to Anton Street;
- Traffic along northbound Justice Drive cannot turn left to westbound Queensway; and
- Traffic along eastbound Queensway cannot turn right to southbound Cotton Tree Drive.

Suspension of parking spaces
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     All parking meters on Thomson Road between Johnston Road and Luard Road will be suspended from 10am to 5pm.

     Parking meters on the following streets will be suspended from 10am to 11.59pm:

- Upper Albert Road;
- Slip Road outside Lower Peak Tram Terminus, except for motorcycle parking spaces and disabled parking spaces.

     Vehicles may not be permitted to access or leave car parks along the procession route during the road closure period.

     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, February 9, 2018
Issued at HKT 18:37
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