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Police will implement special arrangements on Hong Kong Island to facilitate the 2013/2014 Hong Kong and Kowloon Walk to be held on January 5 (Sunday).
The charity walk will commence at about 9.20am at Hong Kong Stadium and will finish at Aberdeen Country Park.
Special traffic arrangements to be implemented are as follows:
Road closures
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Stadium Path will be closed from 7.45am.
The following roads will be closed from 8am:
- Northbound Caroline Hill Road between Link Road and Eastern Hospital Road;
- Uphill southbound Link Road between Caroline Hill Road and Broadwood Road;
- Downhill northbound Broadwood Road between Link Road and Tai Hang Road;
- Uphill southbound Tai Hang Road between Broadwood Road and upper Blue Pool Road and eastbound Tai Hang Road between Broadwood Road and lower Blue Pool Road, except for local residents, franchised buses and green mini-buses (GMBs);
- Mount Butler Road between Tai Hang Road and Price Road; and
- Uphill leftmost lane of Wong Nai Chung Gap Road between the French International School and the Hong Kong Girl Guides Sandilands Centre.
Traffic diversions
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From 7.45am:
- Caroline Hill Road between Leighton Road and Stadium Path will be re-routed one-way southbound; and
- Eastern Hospital Road between Stadium Path and Tung Lo Wan Road will be re-routed one-way northbound.
From 8am:
- Traffic on southbound Caroline Hill Road cannot turn right to uphill southbound Link Road;
- Link Road between Broadwood Road and Caroline Hill Road will be routed one-way downhill. Traffic along downhill northbound Link Road may not be allowed to turn right at the junction of Link Road and Caroline Hill Road and that of Caroline Hill Road and Leighton Road;
- Broadwood Road between Link Road and Tai Hang Road will be routed one-way uphill southbound. All traffic on Broadwood Road will be diverted to downhill northbound Tai Hang Road;
- Traffic on uphill southbound Tai Hang Road will be diverted to Perkins Road or U-turn to downhill northbound Tai Hang Road;
- Traffic on eastbound Tai Hang Road and lower westbound Blue Pool Road will be diverted to westbound Tai Hang Road, except for local residents, franchised bus routes No.41A and 11, and GMB routes No.14M and 24M; and
- Mount Butler Road between Mount Butler Drive and Price Road will be re-routed one-way downhill southbound.
Traffic on Stubbs Road cannot enter the Wanchai Gap Park area and all vehicles will be diverted to Magazine Gap Road or Coombe Road from 9.30am.
Suspension of on-street parking spaces
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- All parking spaces on Stadium Path, Caroline Hill Road and Hoi Ping Road will be suspended between 6am and noon; and
- All parking spaces on Coombe Road will be suspended between 6am and 3pm.
Prohibition to learner drivers
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Tai Hang Road, Leighton Road, Sharp Street East, Percival Street south of Hennessy Road, Caroline Hill Road, Link Road, Stadium Path, Cotton Path, Eastern Hospital Road, Eastern Hospital Road Service Road, Broadwood Road, southbound Wong Nai Chung Gap Road, southbound Stubbs Road flyover, Aberdeen Reservoir Road and Yue Kwong Road will be prohibited to all learner drivers between 7am and 3pm.
If necessary, car parks along the closed roads may be closed at short notice. Vehicles in car parks may not be permitted to leave until road closure is lifted.
Motorists are advised to take heed of traffic signs and follow instructions of Traffic Police at the scene. Any vehicles found illegally parked within the precinct of the above special traffic arrangements will be towed away without prior notice.
Police Report No. 294
Ends/Friday, January 3, 2014
Issued at HKT 17:21
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