District Council Development, Planning and Transport Committee Circulation Paper Paper No. 26/2020

Hong Kong Island 10K City Race 2020

District Council Consultation Document 1. Aim

This consultation document aims to briefly introduce to the District Councils the Kong Island 10K City Race, which has been organized by Amateur Athletic Association (HKAAA) since 2017, including its preparation, course information and traffic and transportation arrangement.

2. Event Background

HKAAA is the member of the World Athletics (WA) and of Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC). We have promoted track & field, distance running, race walking and cross country over the past 69 years. The HKAAA is going to organize this 10km road race event again and the route of this event will be similar to that of last year.

3. Event Information

3.1 Event Date This event is proposed to be held on 22nd November 2020 (Sunday).

3.2 Starting Time & Time Limit This event will start at 7:45am (time limit is 1.5 hours) and the estimated reopening time for all closed road will be 11:00am.

3.3 Quota 5,000 participants

3.4 Assembly Venue, Start & Finish Point The Start and the Finish will be located at the Convention Avenue (near the footbridge). Tonnochy Road will be used as assembly area. Baggage service and toilets will be provided at Tonnochy Road. Prize presentation ceremony will also be held at Tonnochy Road.

3.5 Course The course distance is 10km, and this route includes Wan Chai North, and (Causeway Bay to ).

Convention Avenue (Start)  Hung Hing Road  Marsh Road Flyover  (E/b)  Percival Street  (E/b)  (E/b)  Sugar Street  Gloucester Road(S/b)  Flyover(E/b)  Island Eastern Corridor(E/b)  Turning Point(near North Point Fire Station)  Island Eastern Corridor(W/b)  Victoria Park Road Flyover(W/b)  Gloucester Road(S/b)  Sugar Street  Yee Wo street(E/b)  Hennessy Road (E/b)  Percival Street  Lockhart Road(E/b)  Marsh Road Flyover  Hung Hing Road  Convention Avenue (Finish) 3.6 Road Closure Stage Time Section Remark 1 0230 – 1100 Tonnochy Road, Convention Avenue, Start and Finish Point Hung Hing Road & Marsh Road 2 0415 – 0930 Island East Corridor (E/b) Include Central-Wan Chai Bypass 3 0415 – 1000 Island East Corridor (W/b) Include Central-Wan Chai Bypass 4 0500 – 0930 Gloucester Road(S/b) and Victoria Victoria Park Road(E/b) Park Road Flyover 0900 partially re-open

5 0500 – 1000 Lockhart Road(E/b) Pedestrian Crossings will re-open after the last runner has passed 6 0545 – 1000 Percival Street to Sugar Street During the event, road closure and traffic diversion will be implemented on the nearby roads. It might cause inconvenience to the public, therefore organizer will notify the affected buildings regarding to the road closure and traffic diversion three weeks prior to the event.

4. Summary

The continuous development of distance running in Hong Kong rely on the support of various Government Departments and District Councils. In order to promote this event, this brief introduction of the 10km about the event routes and road closure arrangement is vital.

This distance running event in Hong Kong Island is one of the signature events in the city and District Councils are invited to encourage more citizens of the districts to participate in this event, making it major sporting event in Hong Kong Island.

Should you have any enquiries regarding the traffic diversion and road closure for this event, please contact us at 2504 8215 or via email to [email protected] before 15 July 2020.

Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association 30 June 2020 TURNING POINT 2 ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR [NEAR MAN HONG STREET]

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TURNING POINT 1 ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR [VICTORIA PARK ROAD]

TURNING POINT 3 [GLOUCESTER ROAD WESTBOUND]

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START/FINISH POINT

EXPO DRIVE EAST [OUTSIDE WAN CHAI FERRY PIER] VICTORIA PARK ROAD EXPO DRIVE

EXPO DRIVE HUNGROAD HING CENTRAL

MARSH ROAD CONVENTION AVENUE GLOUCESTER ROAD

HARBOUR ROAD

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LEGEND: PROPOSED RACE ROUTE

PROJECT NO. DRAWING NO. REV. 40684 HONG KONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION - HONG KONG ISLAND 10KM RUN FIGURE 2.1 .

DESIGNED DATE GWL JUN 2020

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