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The Transport Department today (March 16) reminded people that special traffic and transport arrangements would be implemented to facilitate a public procession on Sunday (March 18):
I. Temporary Traffic Arrangements
A. Road Closure
The following roads will be closed to all vehicular traffic from around 2.30pm:
(a) Gloucester Road southbound between Causeway Bay flyover and Causeway Road;
(b) Gloucester Road northbound south of Sugar Street;
(c) Sugar Street;
(d) Yee Wo Street westbound between Pennington Street and Hennessy Road;
(e) Jardine's Bazaar; and
(f) Hennessy Road westbound between Yee Wo Street and Lee Garden Road.
B. Traffic Diversion
The following traffic diversion will be implemented from around 2.30pm until the road closure is lifted:
(a) Traffic along Causeway Bay flyover southbound will be diverted to turn right onto Gloucester Road service road;
(b) Traffic along Great George Street eastbound will be diverted to turn left onto Gloucester Road northbound;
(c) Traffic along Yee Wo Street eastbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Sugar Street;
(d) Traffic along Irving Street will be diverted to turn right onto Pennington Street northbound;
(e) Traffic along Pennington Street northbound will be prohibited from turning left into Jardine's Bazaar; and
(f) Traffic along Pennington Street northbound will be diverted to turn right onto Yee Wo Street eastbound.
II. Temporary Public Transport Arrangements
A. Bus Diversion The following arrangements will be implemented from around 2.30pm until the road closure is lifted:
Bus Route Direction Diversion before
resuming normal routeing
Citybus To Kennedy Town via Caroline Hill Road,
(CTB) 5B Leighton Road westbound,
Morrison Hill Road,
Tin Lok Lane and
Hennessy Road westbound.
CTB 5 & 11 To Central via Causeway Road
westbound, Leighton Road
westbound, Morrison Hill
Road, Tin Lok Lane and
Hennessy Road westbound.
CTB 72 To Southern via Causeway Road
72A, 76, District westbound, Leighton Road
77, 96 & 592 westbound and Morrison
and New Hill Road southbound.
World First
Bus (NWFB)
38, 42, 65
CTB 37A, To Central via Morrison Hill Road,
75, 90 Canal Road West,
& 97 flyover, Gloucester Road
westbound, Gloucester
Road service road,
Fenwick Street and
Hennessy Road westbound.
CTB 25A To Wan Chai via King's Road
westbound, Tsing Fung
Street flyover, Victoria
Park Road, Gloucester
Road westbound, flyover,
Tonnochy Road, Harbour
Road westbound and
Fleming Road.
CTB 25C To Wan Chai via Tung Lo Wan Road,
flyover, Gloucesterd
Road northbound,
Gloucester Road
westbound, flyover,
Tonnochy Road, Harbour
Road westbound and
Fleming Road.
NWFB 2A, To Wan Chai via Causeway Road
2X, 8, Ferry/ westbound, Leighton Road
8P, 23, Central/ westbound, Morrison Hill
23A, 25 Mid-levels Road, Tin Lok Lane and
& 26 Hennessy Road westbound.
Cross To Kowloon via Causeway Road
Harbour westbound, Leighton Road
Tunnel westbound, Wong Nai
(XHT) 108, Chung Road, Morrison
112 & 116 Hill Road, Canal Road
West and Canal Road
flyover.
XHT 962, To Western via Causeway Road
969, E11 Harbour Crossing westbound, Leighton Road
and 968 westbound, Morrison Hill
Road, Tin Lok Lane and
Hennessy Road westbound.
NWFB 2, To Eastern via Victoria Park
19 and District Road eastbound,
XHT 102, Wing Hing Street
106 and King's Road
eastbound.
XHT 307 To Tai Po via Victoria Park Road
eastbound, flyover,
Gloucester Road service
road, Percival Street,
Hennessy Road eastbound,
Yee Wo Street and
Causeway Road eastbound.
B. Suspension of Bus Stops
All bus stops along Gloucester Road southbound, Irving Street, Yee Wo Street westbound, Hennessy Road westbound, Queensway westbound and Queen's Road Central east of Ice House Street will be temporarily suspended from about 2.30pm until the crowd is dispersed and traffic resumes as normal.
C. Green Minibus Diversion
Green Minibus (GMB) Route 40 will be converted into circular service and diverted via Leighton Road eastbound, Hysan Avenue, Hoi Ping Road, Leighton Road westbound and Morrison Hill Road southbound from about 2.30pm until the crowd is dispersed and traffic resumes normal.
D. Suspension of Public Light Bus Stand
The public light bus stand at Sugar Street will be temporarily suspended from 2.30pm until the crowd is dispersed and traffic resumes as normal.
Appropriate traffic aids will be erected to guide motorists and notices be displayed by bus companies and green minibus operators to advise passengers of the temporary arrangements. Road closure, traffic and bus diversions will be adjusted by Police at the time depending on traffic and crowd conditions in the areas. People are advised to use public transport services and avoid driving to the affected areas. Motorists should exercise tolerance and patience in cases of traffic congestion and take heed of instruction of the Police; and watch out for the latest traffic news via media.
Ends/Friday, March 16, 2007
Issued at HKT 18:40
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