TRAFFIC ADVICE Special Traffic and Transport Arrangements for a Public Procession on Hong Kong Island on 6 May 2018 Members of the public are advised that to facilitate a public procession to be held on Hong Kong Island on 6 May 2018 (Sunday), the following special traffic and transport arrangements will be implemented: A. Traffic Arrangements I. Lane Closure The traffic lanes of the following roads will be intermittently closed to all vehicular traffic from about 2.30 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and the traffic resumes normal: (a) Kam Hong Street; (b) King’s Road westbound; (c) Causeway Road westbound; (d) Irving Road; (e) Pennington Street; (f) Yee Wo Street westbound; (g) Jardine’s Bazaar; (h) Hennessy Road westbound; (i) Queensway; (j) Rodney Street; (k) The section of Edinburgh Place northbound between Lung Wo Road and Connaught Road Central; (l) The section of Edinburgh Place southbound between Lung Wo Road and Harcourt Road; (m) The section of Connaught Road Central eastbound outside Hong Kong City Hall; (n) The section of Harcourt Road westbound between Rodney Street and Cotton Tree Drive; (o) The U-turn slip road leading from Harcourt Road westbound to Harcourt Road eastbound; (p) The section of Harcourt Road eastbound between Tim Wa Avenue and Edinburgh Place; and (q) The Garden Road flyover (if necessary). II. Traffic Diversions The following traffic diversions will be intermittently implemented from about 3.30 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and the traffic resumes normal: (a) Vehicles on Queensway eastbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Rodney Street northbound; (b) Vehicles from Admiralty (East) Public Transport Interchange must turn left onto Drake Street westbound; (c) Vehicles on Harcourt Road westbound must divert via the Harcourt Road flyover westbound; (d) Vehicles on Harcourt Road westbound heading for Queensway eastbound will be diverted via the Harcourt Road flyover westbound and Murray Road; 1 (e) Vehicles on Connaught Road Central eastbound will be prohibited from entering at-grade Harcourt Road eastbound and must divert via the Harcourt Road flyover eastbound (except franchised buses and green minibuses); (f) Vehicles on Connaught Road Central eastbound heading for the Cotton Tree Drive flyover will be diverted via the Harcourt Road flyover eastbound, Gloucester Road eastbound, Fenwick Street northbound, Fenwick Pier Street westbound, the Fenwick Pier Street flyover, Harcourt Road westbound and the Harcourt Road flyover westbound; (g) Vehicles on Connaught Road Central eastbound heading for Queensway eastbound will be diverted via the Harcourt Road flyover eastbound, Gloucester Road eastbound, Fenwick Street northbound, Fenwick Pier Street westbound, the Fenwick Pier Street flyover, Harcourt Road westbound, the Harcourt Road flyover westbound and Murray Road; (h) Vehicles on Cotton Tree Drive northbound will be prohibited from entering Harcourt Road eastbound and Tim Wa Avenue northbound, and must turn left onto Lambeth Walk or turn right onto Cotton Tree Drive southbound via the U-turn slip road; and (i) Vehicles on Lung Wo Road will be prohibited from entering Edinburgh Place southbound. B. Public Transport Arrangements I. Bus Diversions (a) The following bus routes will be temporarily diverted from about 2.30 pm onwards until crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted: Route Direction Diversion CTB 789 Admiralty via Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Murray Road, Queensway eastbound and terminates at Queensway eastbound outside Admiralty Garden. CTB 789 Siu Sai Wan Omits Rodney Street and departs from Queensway eastbound outside Admiralty Garden. (b) The following bus routes will be temporarily diverted from about 3.30 pm onwards until crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted: Route Direction Diversion CTB 37B, 70, 75, Southern district via Queensway eastbound and omit 90 and 97 United Centre. CTB 260 and 780 Central via Gloucester Road westbound, NWFB 720 Harcourt Road flyover and Connaught XHT 673 and 690 Road Central westbound. 2 Route Direction Diversion NWFB 2 and 722 Central via Gloucester Road westbound, XHT 307 Harcourt Road flyover, Cotton Tree Drive flyover and Queensway westbound. NWFB H1 Tsim Sha Tsui via Ice House Street, Queen’s Road Central, Pedder Street, Connaught Road Central eastbound and Harcourt Road eastbound. XHT 601 and 680 Admiralty via Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road flyover, Murray Road and Queensway eastbound. XHT 601 and 680 Po Tat Estate/ via Drake Street, Tamar Street, Ma On Shan Harcourt Road westbound, Cotton Tree Drive and Queensway eastbound. II. Temporary Bus Stop Arrangements (a) The bus stop at Rodney Street southbound will be suspended from about 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm; and (b) In connection with the above bus diversions, temporary bus stop arrangements will be implemented for the affected bus routes. In addition, subject to actual traffic conditions and instructions by the Police on site, bus companies may erect temporary bus stops or suspend existing bus stops to cope with the bus diversion. Members of the public can make enquires to the bus companies for further details of temporary bus stop arrangements: Citybus: 2873 0818; New World First Bus: 2136 8888; KMB: 2745 4466 III. Green Minibus (GMB) Diversion GMB route 24M will be truncated to Wan Chai and converted to circular service via Tai Wong Street East, Johnston Road westbound, Ship Street and Queen’s Road East eastbound from about 3.30 pm onwards until the crowd is dispersed and road closure is lifted. Vehicles in car parks within the affected areas may not be permitted to enter or leave the car parks during the road closure period until the crowd is dispersed and the road closure is lifted. Further adjustment to the above traffic and transport arrangements may be made by the Police at the time depending on the actual conditions. Motorists are advised to exercise tolerance and patience when driving in the vicinity of the affected areas and follow the police’s instruction. The public are advised to use public transport services as far as possible, avoid driving to the affected areas and watch out for the latest traffic news via media. 3 .