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TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT NOTICE
Special Traffic and Transport Arrangements for
the Flag Raising Ceremony and Public Procession on 1 July 2016
Notice is hereby given that the following traffic and transport arrangements will be implemented on Hong Kong Island on 1 July 2016 (Friday) to facilitate the following events:
1. The Flag raising ceremony at Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai in the morning; and 2. The Public Procession from Victoria Park to Central Government Complex in the
afternoon. 1. Flag Raising Ceremony at Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai
A. Road Closure
The following roads will be temporarily closed to all vehicular traffic (except authorized vehicles with permits) from about 5.30 am to 11.00 am:
(a) Expo Drive; (b) Expo Drive Central; and (c) Expo Drive East.
B. Special Public Transport Arrangements
(i) Suspension of bus terminus and temporary bus service arrangements
(a) The bus terminus at Expo Drive East will be suspended from about 12.00 midnight to 11.00 am.
(b) During the period of suspension of bus terminus, Citybus Route no. 25A and Cross Harbour Routes nos. 961 will omit Expo Drive East, terminate at and depart from Wan Chai North Temporary Public Transport Interchange. The bus stop at Fleming Road northbound outside Renaissance Harbour View Hotel will also be suspended and temporary bus stops will be designated on Convention Avenue outside and opposite to Wan Chai Ferry Pier respectively ; and
(c) During the period of suspension of bus terminus, NWFB Route no. H1 will omit Expo Drive and Expo Drive East and the bus stops thereat will also be suspended.
(ii) Suspension of Taxi Stands, Parking Spaces and Pick-up/Drop-off areas
(a) The taxi stand at Expo Drive will be suspended from about 5.30 am to 11.00
am; (b) Parts of the taxi stand at Harbour Road westbound opposite to Harbour
Centre will be suspended from about 7.30 am to 9.00 am; (c) The coach parking spaces at Expo Drive East will be suspended from about
10.00 pm on 30 June 2016 to 11.00 am on 1 July 2016; and (d) The pick-up/drop-off area at Expo Drive East will be suspended from about
12.00 midnight to 11.00 am.
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2. Public Procession from Victoria Park to Central Government Complex I. Special Traffic Arrangements A. Road Closure (see Figure 1)
(i) The following roads will be temporarily closed to all vehicular traffic from about 1.30 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted: (a) The U-turn slip road leading from Gloucester Road southbound to Gloucester
Road northbound underneath Tai Hang Road flyover; (b) Sugar Street; (c) Great George Street (if necessary); (d) The section of Paterson Street between Gloucester Road and Great George
Street (if necessary); (e) Kingston Street (if necessary); (f) The section of Gloucester Road southbound between Victoria Park Road
flyover and Causeway Road (if necessary); and (g) Cleveland Street (if necessary).
(ii) The following roads will be temporarily closed to all vehicular traffic from about
2.15 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted: (a) Jardine’s Bazaar; (b) Tang Lung Street; (c) The section of Canal Road East between Russell Street and Hennessy Road; (d) The section of Canal Road West between Sharp Street West and Hennessy
Road; (e) The section of Wan Chai Road between Canal Road West and Morrison Hill
Road; and (f) The section of Bowrington Road between Sharp Street West and Hennessy
Road.
(iii) The following roads will be temporarily closed to all vehicular traffic from about 2.30 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted:
(a) Causeway Road westbound; (b) Moreton Terrace; (c) Shelter Street; (d) The slip road leading from Yee Wo Street eastbound to Causeway Road
westbound; (e) Irving Street; (f) The section of Pennington Street between Keswick Street and Yee Wo Street; (g) The slip road leading from Leighton Road westbound to Pennington Street
(if necessary); (h) Yee Wo Street westbound; (i) Hennessy Road westbound; (j) The section of Lee Garden Road between Kai Chiu Road and Hennessy Road; (k) Kai Chiu Road; (l) The section of Yun Ping Road between Lan Fong Road and Kai Chiu Road; (m) The slip road leading from Johnston Road eastbound to Hennessy Road
westbound;
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(n) The section of Thomson Road between Johnston Road and Luard Road; (o) The section of Luard Road between Johnston Road and Hennessy Road; (p) The section of Fenwick Street between Hennessy Road and Johnston Road; (q) The section of Johnston Road westbound between Ship Street and Landale
Street; and (r) The section of Johnston Road eastbound between Fenwick Street and
Hennessy Road.
(iv) The following roads will be temporarily closed to all vehicular traffic from about 3.30 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted:
(a) The section of Queensway westbound between Queen’s Road East and
Rodney Street; (b) Queensway eastbound; (c) The section of Harcourt Road westbound between the exit of Harcourt
Garden carpark and Cotton Tree Drive; (d) The section of Tim Wa Avenue southbound between Lung Wo Road and
Harcourt Road (except for vehicles accessing to Chief Executive’s Office and Central Government Complex carpark);
(e) The section of Edinburgh Place southbound between Lung Wo Road and Connaught Road Central;
(f) Rodney Street; (g) Drake Street; (h) Tamar Street; (i) The slip road leading from Cotton Tree Drive southbound to Queensway
eastbound; (j) The section of Cotton Tree Drive southbound between Harcourt Road
westbound and Queensway (if necessary); (k) The flyover leading from Garden Road northbound to Queensway eastbound; (l) The slip road leading from Garden Road northbound to Cotton Tree Drive
northbound (if necessary) (m) The 1st and 2nd rightmost lane of Murray Road between Lambeth Walk and
Queensway; (n) The section of Des Voeux Road Central eastbound between Pedder Street
and Queensway; and (o) The section of Ice House Street northbound between Queen’s Road Central
and Des Voeux Road Central.
(v) If necessary, the following roads may be temporarily closed to all vehicular traffic at any time until the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted:
(a) Yacht Street; (b) The section of Lau Li Street between Ngan Mok Street and Hing Fat Street; (c) The section of Electric Road between Lau Sin Street and Tsing Fung Street; (d) Lau Sin Street west of King’s Road; (e) The section of Hing Fat Street between Causeway Road and Lau Sin Street; (f) Tai Hang Road flyover northbound; and (g) The section of Percival Street southbound between Gloucester Road and
Lockhart Road.
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B. Traffic Diversion
(i) The following traffic diversion will be implemented from about 1.30 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted:
(a) Traffic along Gloucester Road southbound will be prohibited from turning
right onto Gloucester Road northbound underneath Tai Hang Road flyover; (b) Traffic along Yee Wo Street eastbound will be prohibited from turning left
onto Sugar Street; (c) Traffic along Tai Hang Road flyover northbound will be prohibited from
turning left onto Kingston Street westbound (if necessary); (d) Traffic along Paterson Street southbound must turn left onto Kingston Street
eastbound (if necessary); (e) Traffic along Cleveland Street southbound will be prohibited from turning
right onto Kingston Street westbound (if necessary); (f) Traffic along Gloucester Road service road westbound will be prohibited
from turning left onto Cleveland Street southbound (if necessary); (g) Traffic along Gloucester Road service road westbound will be prohibited
from turning left onto Paterson Street southbound (if necessary); (h) Traffic along slip road leading from Victoria Park Road westbound will be
prohibited from entering Cleveland Street (if necessary); and (i) Traffic along Victoria Park Road flyover southbound must turn right onto
Gloucester Road service road westbound (if necessary).
(ii) The following traffic diversion will be implemented from about 2.15 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted:
(a) Traffic along Pennington Street will be prohibited from turning left onto
Jardine’s Bazaar; (b) Traffic along Hennessy Road westbound will be prohibited from turning left
onto Canal Road East southbound; (c) Traffic along Russell Street westbound must turn left onto Canal Road East
southbound; (d) Traffic along Canal Road West northbound near Sharp Street West will be
diverted to the up-ramp leading to Canal Road flyover northbound; (e) Traffic along Sharp Street West eastbound will be diverted to the up-ramp
leading to Canal Road flyover northbound; (f) Traffic along Sharp Street West eastbound will be prohibited from turning
left onto Bowrington Road northbound; (g) Traffic along Bowrington Road northbound must turn right onto Sharp Street
West eastbound; and (h) Traffic along Wan Chai Road eastbound must turn right onto Morrison Hill
Road southbound.
(iii) The following traffic diversion will be implemented from about 2.30 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted:
(a) Traffic from King’s Road westbound must turn left onto Tung Lo Wan Road
southbound or turn right onto Hing Fat Street northbound; (b) Traffic along Tung Lo Wan Road westbound will be prohibited from
entering Moreton Terrace; (c) The section of Tung Lo Wan Road between St. Paul’s Hospital and Moreton
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Terrace will be converted from eastbound traffic to westbound traffic. Traffic along Tung Lo Wan Road westbound will be allowed to enter the above road section.
(d) Traffic along Tung Lo Wan Road southbound will be prohibited from turning left onto the section of Tung Lo Wan Road between St. Paul’s Hospital and Moreton Terrace;
(e) Traffic along Yee Wo Street eastbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Tung Lo Wan Road southbound or Leighton Road westbound;
(f) Traffic along Tung Lo Wan Road northbound will be prohibited from entering Irving Street and must turn left onto Leighton Road westbound;
(g) Traffic along Pennington Street must turn right onto Keswick Street; (h) Traffic along Leighton Road westbound will be prohibited from turning right
onto Pennington Street northbound (if necessary); (i) Traffic along Yun Ping Road northbound must turn left onto Lan Fong Road
westbound; (j) Traffic along Leighton Road westbound must turn left onto Wong Nai Chung
Road (except franchised buses); (k) Traffic along Percival Street southbound will be diverted to Lockhart Road
or Hennessy Road eastbound; (l) Traffic along Tin Lok Lane northbound will be prohibited from turning left
onto Hennessy Road westbound; (m) Traffic along Stewart Road will be prohibited from turning right onto
Hennessy Road westbound; (n) Traffic along Johnston Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning left
onto Hennessy Road westbound; (o) Traffic along Fleming Road southbound will be prohibited from turning right
into Hennessy Road westbound; (p) Traffic along Fleming Road northbound will be prohibited from turning left
onto Hennessy Road westbound; (q) Traffic along Fenwick Street southbound must turn left onto Hennessy Road
eastbound; (r) Traffic along Hennessy Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning right
onto Fenwick Street southbound; (s) Traffic along Tai Wong Street East must turn right onto Johnston Road
eastbound; (t) Traffic along Johnston Road westbound will be prohibited from turning right
onto Thomson Road; (u) Traffic along Johnston Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning left
onto Thomson Road; (v) Traffic along Johnston Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning left
onto Luard Road northbound; (w) Traffic along Johnston Road westbound will be prohibited from turning right
onto Luard Road northbound; (x) Traffic along Johnston Road westbound must turn left onto Ship Street; (y) Traffic along Lun Fat Street must turn right onto Johnston Road eastbound;
and (z) Traffic along Johnston Road westbound from Landale Street must turn left
onto Anton Street.
(iv) The following traffic diversion will be implemented from about 3.30 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted:
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(a) Traffic along Queen’s Road East westbound must turn left onto Justice Drive southbound;
(b) Traffic along Des Voeux Road Central eastbound must turn left onto Pedder Street northbound;
(c) Traffic along Queen’s Road Central westbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Ice House Street northbound;
(d) Traffic along Ice House Street northbound must turn left onto Queen’s Road Central westbound.
(e) Traffic along Murray Road southbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Queensway eastbound;
(f) Traffic along Garden Road flyover will be prohibited from entering Queensway eastbound;
(g) Traffic along Harcourt Road westbound near the exit of Harcourt Garden carpark will be diverted to Harcourt Road flyover westbound;
(h) Traffic along Cotton Tree Drive southbound will be diverted to Cotton Tree Drive flyover southbound (except franchised bus) (if necessary);
(i) Traffic along Lung Wo Road both bounds will be prohibited from entering Tim Wa Avenue (except for vehicles accessing to Chief Executive’s Office and Central Government Complex carpark) (if necessary); and
(j) Traffic along Lung Wo Road both bounds will be prohibited from entering Edinburgh Place southbound (if necessary).
(v) If necessary, the following traffic diversion may be implemented at any time until
the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted:
(a) Traffic along Tai Hang Road flyover northbound must go straight onto Victoria Park Road flyover northbound leading to Gloucester Road westbound;
(b) Traffic along Gloucester Road service road westbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Percival Street southbound;
(c) Traffic along Causeway Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Hing Fat Street northbound; and
(d) Traffic along King’s Road westbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Hing Fat Street northbound.
II. Special Public Transport Arrangements A. Bus Diversion
(i) The following bus routes will be temporarily diverted from about 10.30 am onwards until the road closure is lifted:
Routes Direction Diversion Details
NWFB 25 To Braemar Hill via Des Voeux Road Central eastbound, Pedder Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound Wing Hing Street and King’s Road.
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CTB E11 and
E11A
To Tin Hau via Causeway Road eastbound, Ngan Mok Street, Lau Li Street, King’s Road and terminates at Tung Lo Wan Road opposite to Queen’s College.
CTB E11 and
E11A
To Asia-world Expo departs from at Tung Lo Wan Road opposite to Queen’s College, via Tung Lo Wan Road, Moreton Terrace and Causeway Road westbound.
XHT 914 To Tin Hau via Pier Road, Man Kat Street, Man Cheung Street, Lung Wo Road, Fenwick Pier Street, Harbour Road, Tonnochy Road, Hung Hing Road, flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound and terminates at Tung Lo Wan Road opposite to Queen’s College.
XHT 914 To Hoi Lai departs from Tung Lo Wan Road opposite to Queen’s College.
XHT 968 To Tin Hau via Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound and terminates at Tung Lo Wan Road opposite to Queen’s College.
XHT 968 To Yuen Long departs from Tung Lo Wan Road opposite
to Queen’s College, via Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Cotton Tree Drive, Queensway and Des Voeux Road Central.
(ii) The following bus routes will be temporarily diverted from about 1.30 pm onwards until the road closure is lifted:
Routes Direction Diversion Details
NWFB 2
To Grand Promenade via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road eastbound.
XHT 102 , 106
and 802
To Eastern District via Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road eastbound.
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XHT 307 To Tai Po via Des Voeux Road Central, Pedder Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound, Hing Fat Street and Island Eastern Corridor.
(iii) The following bus routes will be temporarily diverted from about 2.30 pm
onwards until the road closure is lifted:
Routes Direction Diversion Details
NWFB 2 and
722
To Central via Harcourt Road, Harcourt Road flyover and Connaught Road Central.
NWFB 2A To Wan Chai North via King’s Road westbound, Tsing Fung
Street flyover, Victoria Park Road westbound, Gloucester Road westbound, Tonnochy Road flyover, Tonnochy Road and Hung Hing Road.
NWFB 2A To Yiu Tung via Hennessy Road eastbound, Marsh
Road, Marsh Road flyover, Hung Hing Road, flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road eastbound.
NWFB 2X, 8
and 8P
To Wan Chai North via Island Eastern Corridor, Victoria Park Road westbound, Gloucester Road westbound, Tonnochy Road flyover, Tonnochy Road and Hung Hing Road.
NWFB 2X, 8
and 8P
To Eastern District via Hennessy Road eastbound, Marsh Road, Marsh Road flyover, Hung Hing Road, flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound and Hing Fat Street.
NWFB 15 To The Peak via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East, Morrison Hill Road, Queen’s Road East and Stubbs Road.
NWFB 15 To Central via Stubbs Road, Queen’s Road East,
Morrison Hill Road northbound, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Connaught Road Central and Pedder Street. .
NWFB 15B To Wan Chai via Queen’s Road East, Morrison Hill
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
Road northbound, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Tonnochy Road flyover, Tonnochy Road, Harbour Road, Fleming Road southbound, U-turn, Fleming Road northbound and Expo Drive East.
NWFB 15B To The Peak via King’s Road westbound, Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East, Morrison Hill Road, Queen’s Road East and Stubbs Road.
NWFB 23 To Pokfield Road via King’s Road westbound, Tsing Fung
Street flyover, Victoria Park Road westbound, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover and Cotton Tree Drive flyover.
NWFB 23 To North Point via Garden Road, Queen’s Road Central,
Pedder Street , Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road eastbound.
NWFB 25 To Central via Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt
Road flyover and Connaught Road Central and Pedder Street.
NWFB 25 To Braemar Hill via Des Voeux Road Central, Pedder
Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road westbound.
NWFB 26 To Hollywood Road via Tai Hang Road, Tai Hang Road
flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Cotton Tree Drive flyover, Queensway and Des Voeux Road Central.
NWFB 26 To Lai Tak Tsuen via Ice House Street, Queen’s Road
Central, Pedder Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
westbound, Tung Lo Wan Road and Tai Hang Road flyover.
NWFB 38, 42
and 65
To Southern District via Tsing Fung Street flyover, Victoria Park Road westbound, Gloucester Road westbound, Canal Road flyover and Canal Road East.
NWFB 38, 42
and 65
To North Point via Morrison Hill Road northbound, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road eastbound.
NWFB 81 To Hing Wah Estate via Tai Hang Road, Tai Hang Road
flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Tonnochy Road flyover, Tonnochy Road, Hung Hing Road, flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road eastbound.
NWFB 590A To Admiralty via Canal Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound and terminates at Gloucester Road outside Malaysia Building.
NWFB 590A To South Horizons departs from the Hong Kong Academy for
Performing Arts, via Gloucester Road eastbound, Canal Road flyover and Aberdeen Tunnel.
NWFB 720 To Central via Harcourt Road, Harcourt Road flyover and Connaught Road Central.
NWFB 720 To Grand Promenade via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover and Gloucester Road eastbound.
NWFB 722 To Yiu Tung via Des Vouex Road Central, Pedder Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover and Gloucester Road eastbound.
CTB 1 To Felix Villas via Morrison Hill Road northbound, Canal
Road West, Canal Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Connaught Road Central, Jubilee Street and Des Voeux Road Central.
CTB 1 To Happy Valley via Pedder Street, Connaught Road
Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
Road eastbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East and Sports Road.
CTB 5B To Causeway Bay via Pedder Street, Connaught Road
Central , Harcourt Road flyover , Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street , King’s Road westbound, Tung Lo Wan Road and Tai Hang Road flyover.
CTB 5B
To Kennedy Town via Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Connaught Road Central, Jubilee Street and Des Voeux Road Central.
CTB 5X
To Kennedy Town via Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound, Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover and Connaught Road Central.
CTB 5X
XHT A11
To Causeway Bay /
North Point
via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Gordon Road and Electric Road.
CTB 6 To Central via Queen’s Road East, Morrison Hill Road northbound, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover and Connaught Road Central.
CTB 6 To Stanley via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt
Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East, Morrison Hill Road southbound, Queen’s Road East and Stubbs Road.
CTB 6X To Central via Morrison Hill Road northbound, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover and Connaught Road Central.
CTB 6X and 260 To Stanley via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt
Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound and Canal Road flyover.
CTB 8X, 19, 77 To Eastern District / via Morrison Hill Road northbound, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Victoria
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
and XHT 671 Diamond Hill Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road eastbound.
CTB 8X and 19 To Happy Valley via Tsing Fung Street flyover, Victoria Park Road westbound, Gloucester Road westbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East, Sports Road and Wong Nai Chung Road.
CTB 10 To Kennedy Town via Tsing Fung Street flyover, Victoria Park Road westbound, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover , Connaught Road Central, Queen Victoria Street and Queen’s Road Central.
CTB 10, XHT
619 and 690
To North Point / Shun
Lee/ Tseung Kwan O
via Pedder Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road eastbound.
CTB 11 To Central via Tai Hang Road, Tai Hang Road
flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover and Connaught Road Central.
CTB 11 To Jardine’s Lookout via Pedder Street, Connaught Road
Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound, Tung Lo Wan Road, Tung Lo Wan Drive, Tai Hang Road flyover and Tai Hang Road.
CTB 12A and
12M
To Admiralty via Garden Road, Queen’s Road Central, Pedder Street, Connaught Place, Harbour View Street and terminates at Exchange Square Bus Terminus.
CTB 12A and
12M
To Mid-Levels departs from Exchange Square Bus Terminus, via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road and Cotton Tree Drive flyover.
CTB 25A To Wan Chai North via Tai Hang Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Tonnochy Road flyover, Harbour Road, Fleming Road southbound, U-turn and Fleming Road northbound.
CTB 25A To Braemar Hill via Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound, Tung Lo Wan Road, Tung Lo Wan Drive and Tai Hang Road flyover.
CTB 37A To Central via Canal Road flyover, Gloucester Road
westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Connaught Road Central, Queen Victoria Street and Queen’s Road Central.
CTB 37B, 75, 90
and 97
To Southern District via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East and Morrison Hill Road southbound.
CTB 40 To Wan Chai North via Queen’s Road Central, Pedder Street,
Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound and Fleming Road northbound.
CTB 40
To Wah Fu via Fleming Road southbound, U-turn, Fleming Road northbound, Harbour Road, Fenwick Pier Street, Harcourt Road flyover and Cotton Tree Drive flyover.
CTB 40M To Wah Fu will be converted to circular service; via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt
Road flyover eastbound, Gloucester Road eastbound, Fleming Road northbound, Harbour Road, Fenwick Pier Street , Harcourt Road flyover westbound , Cotton Tree Drive flyover, Queensway and Queen’s Road Central.
CTB 70 To Wah Kwai via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound and Canal Road flyover.
CTB 72, 72A, 96
and 592
To Southern District via Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East and Morrison Hill Road southbound.
CTB 72, 72A, 96
and 592
To Causeway Bay via Morrison Hill Road northbound, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound and Tung Lo Wan Road.
CTB 75, 90 and To Central via Canal Road flyover, Gloucester Road
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
97 westbound, Harcourt Road flyover and Connaught Road Central.
CTB 76 To Causeway Bay/
Shek Pai Wan
via Morrison Hill Road northbound, U-turn, Morrison Hill Road southbound and Queen’s Road East.
CTB 77 To Tin Wan via Tsing Fung Street flyover, Victoria Park Road westbound, Gloucester Road westbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East and Morrison Hill Road southbound.
CTB 90B To Admiralty / South
Horizons
will be converted to circular service; via Connaught Road Central eastbound, U-
turn, Connaught Road Central westbound and Queen Victoria Street (omit Admiralty).
CTB 260 To Central via Harcourt Road flyover westbound
(omit Admiralty).
CTB 629 To Admiralty Via Harcourt Road flyover, Connaught Road Central, Pedder Street, Harbour View Street and terminates at Exchange Square Bus Terminus.
CTB 780
XHT 307
To Central via Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover and Connaught Road Central.
CTB 780 To Chai Wan via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt
Road flyover and Gloucester Road eastbound.
CTB 789 To Admiralty / Siu Sai
Wan
will be converted to circular service; via Harcourt Road flyover westbound,
Connaught Road Central westbound, U-turn, Connaught Road Central eastbound, Harcourt Road flyover eastbound, Gloucester Road eastbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East, U-turn and Canal Road West.
CTB E11 and
E11A
To Causeway Bay via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound and terminates at Tung Lo Wan Road outside Queen’s college.
CTB E11, E11A, To Asia World Expo/ via Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang Road
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
XHT 962B and
962X
Tuen Mun flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Cotton Tree Drive flyover, Queensway, Queen’s Road Central.
XHT 101, 109,
111, 113, 115
and 182
To Kowloon / Sha Tin via Des Voeux Road Central, Pedder Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East, U-turn and Canal Road West.
XHT 101 and
104
To Kennedy Town via Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Connaught Road Central and Queen Victoria Street
XHT 109, 111,
182, 681 and 690
To Hong Kong Island via Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover and Connaught Road Central
XHT 103 To Pokfield Road via Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Cotton Tree Drive flyover and Cotton Tree Drive.
XHT 103 To Chuk Yuen via Garden Road, Queen’s Road Central,
Pedder Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound and Cross Harbour Tunnel.
XHT 104 To Kowloon via Des Voeux Road Central, Pedder
Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover and Gloucester Road eastbound.
XHT 108 To Braemar Hill via Gloucester Road westbound,
Tonnochy Road flyover, Hung Hing Road, flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound, Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang Road flyover and Tai Hang Road.
XHT 108 To Kai Yip via Tai Hang Road flyover, Gloucester
Road westbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East , U-turn and Canal Road West.
XHT 112 and
116
To So Uk/ Tsz Wan
Shan
via King’s Road westbound, Hing Fat Street, Victoria Park Road, Gloucester Road westbound, Canal Road flyover,
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
Canal Road East, U-turn and Canal Road West.
XHT 112 and
116
To North Point/
Quarry Bay
via Gloucester Road westbound, Tonnochy Road flyover, Hung Hing Road, flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road eastbound.
XHT 113 and
811
To Kennedy Town via Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Connaught Road Central, Jubilee Street and Des Voeux Road Central.
XHT 170 To Sha Tin via Morrison Hill Road northbound, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road flyover and Gloucester Road westbound.
XHT 601 and
680
To Admiralty via Tsing Fung Street flyover, Victoria Park Road westbound, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Connaught Road Central westbound, U-turn, Connaught Road Central eastbound, Edinburgh Place and terminates at City Hall temporary bus terminus
XHT 601 and
680
To Po Tat / Ma On
Shan
departs from City Hall temporary bus terminus, via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Fleming Road northbound, U-turn, Fleming Road southbound, Hennessy Road eastbound, Marsh Road, Marsh Road flyover, Hung Hing Road, flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road eastbound.
XHT 603 To Ping Tin via Des Voeux Road Central, Pedder Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound, Hing Fat Street and Island Eastern Corridor.
XHT 681 To Ma On Shan via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt
Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound and Hing Fat Street.
XHT 905 To Lai Chi Kok via Fleming Road southbound, U-turn,
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
Fleming Road northbound, Harbour Road, Fenwick Pier Street, Harcourt Road flyover, Cotton Tree Drive flyover, Queensway and Des Vouex Road Central.
XHT 905 To Wan Chai North via Pier Road, Man Kat Street, Man
Cheung Street, Lung Wo Road, Fenwick Ferry Street and Harbour Road.
XHT 914 To Hoi Lai Estate departs from Tung Lo Wan Road opposite
to Queen’s College, via Tai Hang Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Cotton Tree Drive flyover, Queensway and Des Voeux Road Central.
XHT 930 To Tsuen Wan via Fleming Road southbound, U-turn,
Fleming Road northbound, Harbour Road, Fenwick Pier Street, Harcourt Road flyover, Cotton Tree Drive flyover, Queensway and Des Voeux Road Central.
XHT 930 To Wan Chai North via Connaught Road Central eastbound,
Harcourt Road flyover eastbound, Gloucester Road eastbound and Fleming Road northbound.
XHT 960 and
961
To Wan Chai via Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound and Fleming Road northbound.
XHT 960, 961
and 978
To Tuen Mun/ Fanling via Fleming Road southbound, U-turn, Fleming Road northbound, Harbour Road westbound, Fenwick Pier Street, Harcourt Road flyover, Cotton Tree Drive flyover, Queensway and Des Voeux Road Central.
XHT 962B,
962X and 969
To Causeway Bay via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound and Tung Lo Wan Road.
XHT 967 To Admiralty via Connaught Road Central eastbound
and terminates at Rumsey Street Bus Terminus.
XHT 967 To Tin Shui Wai departs from Rumsey Street Bus
Terminus; via Connaught Road Central eastbound, U-turn and Connaught Road
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
Central westbound.
XHT 969 To Tin Shui Wai via Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Cotton Tree Drive flyover, Queensway and Des Voeux road Central.
XHT 978 To Wan Chai North via Man Yiu Street, Lung Wo Road, Fenwick Pier Street and Harbour Road.
NWFB H1
(Day Scene)
To Tsim Sha Tsui
via Ice House Street, Queen’s Road Central, Pedder Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Fleming Road northbound, Convention Avenue and Expo Drive.
NWFB H1
(Day Scene and
Night Scene)
To Central via Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Cotton Tree Drive flyover, Garden Road, Queen’s Road Central and Pedder Street.
(ii) The following bus routes will be temporarily diverted from about 3.00 pm onwards
until the road closure is lifted:
Routes Direction Diversion Details
CTB 629 To Ocean Park Departs from Exchange Square Bus Terminus, via Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road flyover and Gloucester Road eastbound.
B. Green Minibus Diversion
The following Green Minibus (GMB) routes will be temporarily diverted from about 2.30 pm onwards until the road closure is lifted:
Routes Direction Diversion Details
GMB 4C, 5 and
69X
To Causeway Bay via Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, flyover, Gloucester Road westbound and Percival Street.
GMB 10 and 31 To Causeway Bay via Garden Road, flyover, Cotton Tree Drive northbound, Harcourt Road eastbound, Gloucester Road eastbound, Victoria Park Road eastbound, flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Percival Street, Lockhart Road eastbound, Cannon Street and Jaffe Road westbound.
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
To Southern District via Jaffe Road westbound, Percival Street
southbound, Lockhart Road westbound, Luard Road northbound, Gloucester Road westbound and Cotton Tree Drive.
GMB 21A and
21M
To Causeway Bay via Tai Hang Road flyover northbound, Gloucester Road westbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East, Leighton Road and Hysan Avenue.
GMB 24M To Wan Chai will be truncated to Wan Chai and converted into circular service: via Lun Fat Street, Johnston Road, Ship Street and Queen’s Road East.
GMB 25 To Causeway Bay will be converted to circular service: via Tai Hang Road, Tung Lo Wan Road westbound, Eastern Hospital Road. Caroline Hill Road, Link Road, Broadwood Road and Tai Hang Road.
GMB 39M To Causeway Bay will be converted into circular service when
Tin Hau Station Public Transport Interchange is closed: via Canal Road West northbound, Canal Road flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road westbound, Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang Road flyover, Gloucester Road westbound and Canal Road flyover.
GMB 40 and
40X
To Stanley will be converted to circular service: via Leighton Road eastbound, Hysan Avenue eastbound, Hoi Ping Road southbound, Leighton Road westbound and Morrison Hill Road southbound.
GMB 49M To Braemar Hill When Tin Hau Station Public Transport Interchange is closed: omit Hing Fat Street, Tin Hau Public Transport Interchange, King’s Road, Ngan Mok Street and Lau Li Street.
GMB 56
To North Point via Queen’s Road East eastbound, Morrison Hill Road northbound, Canal Road West northbound, Canal Road flyover, Victoria Park Road eastbound, Gordon Road and Electric Road.
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Routes Direction Diversion Details
To Robinson Road via Tsing Fung Street flyover, Victoria Park Road westbound, Gloucester Road westbound, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East southbound and Wong Nai Chung Road southbound.
C. Suspension of Green Minibus Service
The service of GMB 4A will be suspended from about 2.30 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and road closure is lifted.
D. Suspension of Bus Termini and Bus Stops
(a) The Tin Hau Station Public Transport Interchange will be suspended from about
10.30 am onwards until the crowd is dispersed and road closure is lifted; and
(b) All bus termini and bus stops in the affected areas will be suspended during the period of road closure until the crowd is dispersed and road closure is lifted. Members of the public can make enquires to the bus companies on the details of temporary bus stop arrangements: • New World First Bus: 2136 8888 • Citybus: 2873 0818 • KMB: 2745 4466
E. Suspension of Public Light Bus Stands and Green Minibus Stands
(a) The GMB stands at Tin Hau Station Public Transport Interchange will be
suspended from about 10.30 am onwards until the crowd is dispersed and road closure is lifted; and
(b) All PLB stands in the affected areas, including the public light bus stand at Sugar
Street, GMB stands at Jardine’s Bazaar and Paterson Street, etc. will be suspended during the period of road closure until the crowd is dispersed and road closure is lifted.
F. Suspension of Taxi Stand
(a) The taxi stand and the general lay-by at Lung Wui Road westbound outside CITIC
Tower will be suspended from about 12.00 noon to 11.59 pm; and
(b) All taxi stands and pick-up / drop-off points in the affected areas will be suspended from about 2.30 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and road closure is lifted.
G. Suspension of Tram Service
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(a) Tram services between Tong Shui Road and Queensway will be suspended in phases from about 2.30 pm onwards (or any time as necessary subject to the start time of public procession and on-site situation) until the crowd is dispersed and road closure is lifted; and
(b) The section of tram track between Hing Fat Street and Queensway will be closed
to all vehicular traffic in phases from about 2.30 pm onwards (or any time as necessary subject to the start time of public procession and on-site situation) until the crowd is dispersed and road closure is lifted.
H. Suspension of Parking Spaces
(a) All on-street parking spaces on Tung Lo Wan Road will be suspended from about
12.00 noon onwards until the crowd is dispersed and road closure is lifted;
(b) All on-street parking spaces, motorcycle parking spaces and disabled parking spaces at Lung Wui Road eastbound opposite to CITIC Tower will be suspended from about 12.00 noon to 11.59 pm; and
(c) All parking spaces (except disabled parking spaces) at Hing Fat Street Public Carpark will be suspended from about 10.30 am onwards until the crowd is dispersed and road closure is lifted.
I. Restriction on Access to/Exit from Carparks
Vehicles parked in car parks within the closed areas will not be permitted to leave or enter the car parks during the period of road closure until the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted.
Removal of Illegally Parked Vehicles
Motorists are advised that strict enforcements will be taken by the Police, including multiple ticketing and towing of vehicles found illegally parked within the precinct of the special traffic arrangements specified above, without prior notice.
Attention and Appeal
Appropriate traffic signs will be erected to guide motorists. The public transport operators will display notices to advise passengers of the above temporary arrangements. Due to extensive road closure in the affected areas, bus and GMB routes and other traffic observing Causeway Road, Yee Wo Street, Hennessy Road, Irving Street, Queensway, Gloucester Road southbound, etc. will be diverted. It is anticipated that other major roads in the vicinity, such as King’s Road, Canal Road flyover, Victoria Park Road, Gloucester Road, Harcourt Road flyover, Connaught Road Central, Cross Harbour Tunnel and Aberdeen Tunnel will become very congested. Motorists are advised to be patient in case of traffic congestion when driving at the vicinity and follow Police’s instruction, and watch out for the latest traffic news through the media. In addition, other ad-hoc traffic and public transport measures, including additional road closures, traffic diversion, alteration and suspension of public transport services may be implemented by the
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Police at anytime depending on actual traffic and crowd conditions in the areas. Members of the public are advised to use public transport services, in particular railway services and avoid driving to the affected or congested areas, especially in the vicinity of Tin Hau, Causeway Bay, Wan Chai, Admiralty and Central unless necessary. Early planning of journeys and use of alternative travelling routes are advised to avoid unexpected delay. Public transport commuters are advised to pay attention to the arrangements of route diversions and suspension or relocation of stops. For enquiries on special traffic and transport arrangements, members of the public can call 1823 or browse through Transport Department website www.td.gov.hk for more details.
YEUNG HO Poi-yan, Ingrid Commissioner for Transport
