Transport Department Notice

Special Traffic and Transport Arrangements in on 1 January 2014

Notice is hereby given that the following special traffic and transport arrangements will be implemented on 1 January 2014 to facilitate the holding of public activities in Tsim Sha Tsui:

(I) SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS

(A) Road Closure

The following sections of roads will be temporarily closed to all vehicular traffic from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm on 1 January 2014:

(i) the section of between Salisbury Road and the access road to Gateway Boulevard; (ii) the section of between Canton Road and Hankow Road; and (iii) the section of eastbound between Canton Road and Drive.

(B) Traffic Diversion

The following traffic diversion will be temporarily implemented during the road closure period stated above:

(i) Vehicles on Canton Road southbound heading for Haiphong Road will be diverted via Kowloon Park Drive southbound, Peking Road eastbound and Hankow Road northbound; and (ii) Vehicles on Canton Road southbound heading for Salisbury Road will be diverted via Kowloon Park Drive southbound.

(II) PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS

The following bus and green minibus (“GMB”) routes will be diverted from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm on 1 January 2014: (A) Bus Route Diversion

Route Direction Diversion before resuming normal routeing

KMB 271 Kowloon Station (To Tsim Sha Tsui bound) (Temporary Bus via Kowloon Park Drive, Canton Road, Jordan Road, Road D3E, Terminus) Jordan Road, Nga Cheung Road and Station Perimeter Road.

(To Fu Hang bound) via Station Perimeter Road, Nga Cheung Road, West, Wui Man Road, Wui Cheung Road, Canton Road, Kowloon Park Drive and Salisbury Road.

Bus stops to be suspended: (1) Canton Road Bus Terminus (2) Canton Road southbound near Peking Road

Temporary bus stop to be provided: (1) Canton Road outside China City (2) Kowloon Park Drive near Peking Road

KMB 215X, To Lam Tin, Hung via Canton Road, Kowloon Park Drive and Salisbury Road. 260X, 268B, Hom Station / 269B, 281A, Hung Hom Ferry / Bus stops to be suspended: 296D, 2C, 12 Kwong Yuen / (1) Canton Road outside (exclude Cross Harbour and Cross Sheung Tak / Route No. 110) Harbour Tsim Sha Tsui / (2) Canton Road near Peking Road (for Cross Harbour Route Route No. East Tsim Sha Tsui No. 110) 110 Station / Shau Kei Wan Temporary bus stops to be provided: (1) Kowloon Park Drive near Peking Road

CTB 973 To Stanley via Salisbury Road, Kowloon Park Drive, Canton Road and Jordan Road.

Bus stops to be suspended: (1) Canton Road outside Silvercord (2) Canton Road near Peking Road

Temporary bus stops to be provided: (1) Kowloon Park Drive near Peking Road

(B) GMB Route Diversion

Route Direction Diversion before resuming normal routeing

GMB 6, To Tsim Sha via Canton Road, Kowloon Park Drive and Salisbury Road. 77M and 78 Tsui GMB stops to be suspended: All stops on Canton Road south of its junction with Kowloon Park Drive

GMB 3 To Tsim Sha via Canton Road, Kowloon Park Drive and Peking Road. Tsui (Ashley Road) GMB stop to be suspended: All stops on Canton Road south of its junction with Kowloon Park Drive

GMB 6A To Tsim Sha via Canton Road, Kowloon Park Drive, Salisbury Road, Tsui Hankow Road and Middle Road.

GMB stops to be suspended: All stops on Canton Road south of its junction with Kowloon Park Drive

(III) ENFORCEMENT

Actual implementation of the road closure, traffic control and public transport diversions will be made by police officers on site at the time depending on the traffic and crowd situation. Appropriate traffic aids will be provided and police officers will be stationed on site to guide the public. Notices will be displayed by the public transport operators at the affected stops in advance to advise passengers of the above temporary arrangements.

LAW Fung-ping, Cinderella Commissioner for Transport (Ag)