Special traffic arrangements for Tin Hau Festival
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Joss House Bay
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The following traffic arrangements will be implemented from 9am to 5pm daily on April 14 and April 17, and from 9am on April 18 to 5pm the following day:
- Tai Au Mun Road between Clear Water Bay Second Beach Car Park and Po Toi O Chuen Road will be designated as prohibited zone, except for access to Po Toi O Chuen, Tin Hau Temple and No.139 Tai Au Mun Road; and
- 49 private car parking spaces at Clear Water Bay Second Beach Car Park, 10 private car parking spaces outside No.139 Tai Au Mun Road and four private car parking spaces and four motorcycles parking spaces on Tai Au Mun Road near Po Toi O Chuen Road will be suspended.
Cha Kwo Ling
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The following traffic arrangements will be implemented from 9am to 5pm on April 19:
- Eastbound Cha Kwo Ling Road between Wing Fook Street and Yau Tong Road will be closed;
- Westbound Cha Kwo Ling Road between Wing Fook Street and Yau Tong Road will be re-routed one way eastbound;
- Vehicles along westbound Cha Kwo Ling Road heading for Laguna City or Wai Yip Street will be diverted to Yau Tong Road, Lei Yue Mun Road, Wai Fat Road, Cha Kwo Ling Road and Wai Yip Street; and
- Unnamed road next to Tin Hau Temple will be re-routed to one-lane two-way traffic.
Tuen Mun
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The following traffic arrangements will be implemented on April 19:
A. Road closure
From 8am to 6pm
- Tin Hau Road between Pui To Road and Yip Wong Road;
- Hung Cheung Road between Tin Hau Road and San On Street;
- Southbound Hung Cheung Road from its northern junction to its southern junction with San Ping Circuit;
- San Hop Lane; and
- Hing Wong Street from its junction with Hung Cheung Road to a point about 30 metres north of the same junction.
From 8am to 2pm
- Northbound San Wo Lane;
- Southbound San Wo Lane between San Tak Street and the cul-de-sac near Church of Christ in China Tam Lee Lai Fun Memorial Secondary School;
- Westbound Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road between San Hui Path and San Wo Lane; and
- Northbound Castle Peak Road - San Hui between Yan Oi Tong Street and Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road.
From 9am to 3pm
- Southbound Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road between San Wo Lane and Pui To Road;
- Northbound Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road between Ho Pong Street and Tsing Yin Street;
- Tsing Yin Street;
- San Tsing Street;
- Ho Pong Street between San Tsing Street and Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road;
- Luk Yuen Street;
- Yan Ching Street between Kai Man Path and Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road; and
- Westbound Pui To Road between Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road and Tin Hau Road.
From 3pm to 6pm
- Eastbound Pui To Road between Tin Hau Road and Castle Peak Road - San Hui;
- Northbound Ho Pong Street between Pui To Road and San Tsing Street;
- Tsing Yin Street between Ho Pong Street and San Tsing Street;
- San Tsing Street;
- Northbound Castle Peak Road - San Hui between Pui To Road and San Sau Street; and
- Northbound Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road between Tsing Yin Street and San Hui Path.
B. Closure of Cycle Track
Cycle track along the western riverside of Tuen Mun River Channel between Pui To Road and Yau Oi Bridge will be closed from 8am to 6pm.
Yuen Long
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A. Road closure
The following roads will be closed until completion of the procession on April 19 (actual implementation time may be advanced if necessary):
From 8am onwards
- Fung Cheung Road between Kin Lok Street and Fung Kam Street;
- Yau San Street between Kin Lok Street and Hop Yick Road;
- Westbound Kin Lok Street;
- Kin Yip Street;
- Hop Yick Road; and
- Kin Tak Street.
From 9am onwards
- Tai Tong Road between Fau Tsoi Street and Ma Tong Road;
- Kau Yuk Road;
- Yuen Long Tai Yuk Road between Ma Tin Road and Castle Peak Road – Yuen Long;
- Ma Tin Road between Yuen Long Tai Yuk Road and Ma Tong Road;
- Fung Nin Road between Fung Lok Lane and Kau Yuk Road;
- Yuen Long On Hing Street;
- On Leung Lane;
- On Hong Road ; and
- On Chun Lane.
From 10am onwards
- Ma Tong Road between Sai Yu Street and Ma Tin Road; and
- Tai Shu Ha Road East between Ma Tong Road and Tai Shu Ha Tin Hau Temple.
The following roads will be intermittently closed until completion of the procession on April 19 (actual implementation time may be advanced if necessary):
From 7.45am onwards
- Hong Yip Street between Wang Yip Street East and Po Yip Street;
- Southbound of Po Yip Street between Hong Yip Street and Yuen Long On Lok Road;
- Yuen Long On Lok Road between Po Yip Street and Wang Chau Road;
- Wang Chau Road;
- Yuen Long On Ning Road between Wang Chau Road and Ma Miu Road;
- Ma Miu Road; and
- Wang Tat Road between Shui Pin Wai Interchange and Ma Miu Road, except for franchise bus.
The section of cycling track on Wang Tat Road between Chun Hing San Tsuen and Tin Hau Temple Fung Chi Tsuen will also be intermittently closed.
B. Traffic diversions
The following traffic diversions will be implemented (actual implementation time may be advanced if necessary):
- Tai Shu Ha Road East between Ma Tong Road and Tai Shu Ha Tin Hau Temple will be converted from two-way to one-way southbound between 6pm on April 18 and 5pm the following day;
- Kin Yip Street between the entrance / exit of the car park of Fung Ting Court and its junction with Kin Lok Street will be converted from one-way southbound to one-way northbound from 8am on April 19 until completion of the procession; and
- Yuen Long On Hing Street will be converted from one-way westbound to one-way eastbound from 9am on April 19 until completion of the procession.
C. Suspension of parking spaces
The parking spaces at the following locations will be suspended:
From 9am to 7pm on April 18
- The coach parking spaces inside the car park of Town Park Road North outside Yuen Long Stadium.
From 4pm on April 18 until completion of the procession
- The goods vehicles parking spaces inside the car park of Fung Yau Street North.
From 8am on April 19 until completion of the procession
- All the parking spaces of the car park of Yuen Long Tai Yuk Road outside Yuen Long Stadium;
- All the parking spaces of the car park of Town Park Road North outside Yuen Long Stadium;
- Ma Tin Road;
- Wang Fat Path;
- Kin Tak Street;
- Yan Lok Square;
- Hung Min Court;
- On Leung Lane;
- On Hong Road; and
- On Chun Lane.
Tai Po
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A. Road closure
The following roads will be closed from 1.30pm to 4.30pm on April 16:
- Southbound Ting Kok Road between Ting Tai Road and On Chee Road;
- Eastbound On Chee Road between Ting Kok Road and On Cheung Road;
- Northbound On Cheung Road between On Chee Road and Tai Po Tai Wo Road;
- Northbound Po Heung Street between Plover Cove Road and Tai Po Tai Wo Road;
- Westbound Plover Cove Road between Po Heung Street and Tung Mau Square;
- Po Heung Street between Plover Cove Road and Nam Shing Street;
- Kwong Fuk Road between On Fu Road and Wan Tau Street; and
- Wai Yan Street between On Fu Road and Po Heung Street.
B. Suspension of parking spaces
The following metered parking spaces will be suspended from 8pm on April 15 to 4.30pm the following day:
- All metered parking spaces at Po Heung Square; and
- Two metered parking spaces at Po Yick Street outside House No.19.
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 areas. Motorists are advised to exercise tolerance and patience and take heed of instructions of the Police on site.
Ends/Thursday, April 13, 2017
Issued at HKT 18:28
Issued at HKT 18:28
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