Special traffic arrangements on Hong Kong Island during Chung Yeung Festival
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Police will implement special traffic arrangements in the vicinity of the respective cemeteries on Hong Kong Island to facilitate vehicular traffic and pedestrian movements during Chung Yeung Festival.
Details of the traffic arrangements are as follows:
Chai Wan
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The following traffic re-routing will be implemented between 8.30am and 5.30pm on September 27 and 28; and October 1, 4, 11, 18 and 19:
(a) The section of Cape Collinson Road east of Lin Shing Road will be re-routed one-way clockwise.
(b) Vehicles exceeding 10 metres in length will be banned to enter Cape Collison Road east of Lin Shing Road.
The following traffic and transport arrangements will also be implemented between 7am and 5.30pm on October 5 and 12; and between 7am and 6.30pm on October 7 depending on the traffic condition in the vicinity of the cemeteries:
(a) A section of Cape Collinson Road east of Lin Shing Road will be closed to vehicular traffic except for green minibus route 18M and hearses;
(b) The slip road leading from Cape Collinson Road to the Garden of Remembrance and Crematorium will be closed to traffic except for hearses and vehicles conveying people to attend services at the crematorium;
(c) The slip road leading to Chai Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery will be closed to traffic except for green minibus 18M and hearses;
(d) Cape Collinson Road and Lin Shing Road may be closed to all vehicular traffic except for franchised buses, green minibus 16A, 16M, 16X and 18M and hearses; and
(e) Wan Tsui Lane will be closed to vehicular traffic.
The following roads will be re-routed:
(a) A section of Cape Collinson Road from the Crematorium slip road to Shek O Road will be re-routed one-way westbound;
(b) A section of Lin Shing Road from Wan Tsui Road to Cape Collinson Road will be re-routed one-way southbound; and
(c) A section of Wan Tsui Road between Chai Wan Road and Fei Tsui Road will be re-routed one-way westbound.
No parking will be permitted along Wan Tsui Road, Cape Collinson Road, Lin Shing Road and a section of Shek O Road between Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution and Tai Tam Road between 6am and 7pm on the aforementioned dates.
Taxis, public light buses (PLBs) and private cars may not be permitted to enter Lin Shing Road for Cape Collinson Road except for access to Wan Tsui Estate. They are allowed to drop off passengers at the public light bus stand at Fei Tsui Road near Wan Tsui Road junction with Fei Tsui Road. Private cars are not allowed to enter the carpark of Hing Wah Estate (Phase I) from Wan Tsui Road northbound.
PLBs may be prohibited from entering Tai Tam Road from Chai Wan Road depending on the traffic situation.
A section of Wan Tsui Road between Chai Wan Road and Fei Tsui Road will be prohibited from picking up and dropping off passengers by PLBs.
The PLB stand at Fei Tsui Road near Wan Tsui Road junction with Fei Tsui Road will be suspended between 6.30am and 6.30pm on October 5, 7 and 12.
A temporary taxi stand will be set up at the lay-by of Kut Shing Street west of its junction with Cheung Lee Street.
Alternative traffic arrangements will be implemented if both crowd movement and vehicular traffic in the vicinity of the cemeteries in Chai Wan area are quite congested but do not warrant the special traffic arrangements mentioned above. The alternative traffic arrangements are as follows:
(a) Cape Collinson Road east of Lin Shing Road will be re-routed one way clockwise; and
(b) The slip road at Chai Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery will be opened to the public and maintained one-way westbound.
Pok Fu Lam
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Consort Rise will be re-routed one-way southbound from Victoria Road to Bisney Road from 7 am to 5 pm on October 5, 7 and 12. It may also be implemented intermittently from 8 am to 4.30 pm on September 27 and 28; and October 1, 4, 11, 18 and 19 if necessary.
Aberdeen
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Peel Rise in the vicinity of the Aberdeen Chinese Cemetery and the slip road from Shek Pai Wan Road leading to the Aberdeen Chinese Cemetery will be closed to vehicular traffic from 7 am to 5 pm on October 5, 7 and 12. It may also be implemented periodically from 8 am to 4.30 pm on September 27 and 28; and October 1, 4, 11, 18 and 19 if necessary.
Happy Valley Area
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Relocation of Tram Stop:
During the period from 7 am to 7 pm on October 5, 7 and 12, the tram stop on Wong Nai Chung Road opposite the Hong Kong Jockey Club will be relocated northwards for about 30 meters. It may also be implemented on September 27 and 28; and October 1, 4, 11, 18 and 19 if necessary.
Police Report No. 2
Issued by PPRB
Ends/Thursday, September 25, 2008
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