Transport Department Notice Special Traffic and Transport Arrangements for Lunar New Year’s Eve 2012 Notice is hereby given that the following special traffic and transport arrangements will be implemented on the Lunar New Year’s Eve 2012: I. SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS HONG KONG ISLAND The following special traffic arrangements will be implemented during the time period specified below on 22 and 23 January 2012. The implementation time may be varied if necessary: (A) Road closures (a) The pedestrian scheme will be implemented on the following roads from 12.00 noon on 22 January 2012 to 8.00 am on 23 January 2012 (i) Lockhart Road east of Cannon Street; (ii) East Point Road; (iii) Great George Street west of Paterson Street; (iv) Pak Sha Road; (v) Yun Ping Road between Lan Fong Road and Kai Chiu Road; (vi) Kai Chiu Road; and (vii) Lee Garden Road between Hennessy Road and Pak Sha Road. (b) The following roads will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 4.00 pm on 22 January 2012 onwards and as necessary (i) Sugar Street; and (ii) Gloucester Road northbound between Causeway Road and Great George Street. (c) The following roads will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 5.00 pm on 22 January 2012 onwards and as necessary (i) Cleveland Street; (ii) Paterson Street; (iii) Kingston Street; (iv) Great George Street between Paterson Street and Gloucester Road; (v) The kerbside lane of Gloucester Road westbound between its service road and Cannon Street; Page 1 of 43 (vi) Jardine’s Bazaar; and (vii) Electric Road between Yacht Street and Lau Sin Street (except for franchised buses, police vehicles, vehicles of local residents to Park Tower and vehicles bearing label issued by Food and Environment Hygiene Department). (d) The following roads will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 7.00 pm on 22 January 2012 onwards and as necessary for all vehicles (except for franchised buses, public light buses and trams) (i) Hennessy Road eastbound between Percival Street and East Point Road; (ii) Yee Wo Street eastbound; (iii) The western kerbside lane of Pennington Street between Irving Street and Yee Wo Street; (iv) Causeway Road westbound between King’s Road and Moreton Terrace; (v) Yee Wo Street westbound; (vi) Hennessy Road westbound between Jardine’s Bazaar and Percival Street; and (vii) Irving Street (except for vehicles to Regal HK Hotel). (e) The following roads will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 8.00 pm on 22 January 2012 onwards and as necessary (i) Lockhart Road east of Percival Street; (ii) The kerbside lane of Hennessy Road westbound between Jardine Bazaar and Lee Garden Road; (iii) The kerbside lane of Hennessy Road eastbound and Yee Wo Street eastbound between Lee Garden Road and East Point Road; (iv) Jaffe Road east of Percival Street; (v) Cannon Street; and (vi) Shelter Street. (f) The following roads will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 9.00 pm on 22 January 2012 onwards and as necessary (i) The kerbside lane of Causeway Road westbound between King’s Road (near Queen’s College) and Moreton Terrace ; (ii) Gloucester Road southbound between Causeway Road and Victoria Park Road flyover; (iii) Tai Hang Road flyover southbound; (iv) Tai Hang Road flyover northbound towards Central; (v) Victoria Park Road flyover northbound; (vi) Percival Street southbound between Gloucester Road and Hennessy Road; and (vii) Hing Fat Street between Causeway Road and Lau Li Street for all vehicles, except for franchised buses and green minibuses (GMB). If Hing Fat Street is closed due to crowd over-spill, the franchised buses and other vehicles from Tsing Fung Street westbound will be Page 2 of 43 permitted to forward towards Victoria Park Road westbound via its junction with Hing Fat Street. Franchised buses on King’s Road westbound will be diverted via Tsing Fung Street flyover towards Gloucester Road westbound. (B) Traffic re-routings (a) From 6.00 pm on 22 January 2012 onwards and as necessary, Lau Li Street between Electric Road and Hing Fat Street will be re-routed as one-way westbound and closed to public light buses (PLBs); (b) The following traffic re-routing will be implemented from 9.00 pm on 22 January 2012 onwards and as necessary: (i) Percival Street between Jaffe Road and Lockhart Road will be re- routed as one-way northbound; (ii) Vehicles on Lockhart Road and Jaffe Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning right at its junction with Percival Street; (iii) Vehicles heading for Tai Hang Road flyover southbound will be diverted to Victoria Park eastbound, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road; (iv) Vehicles heading for Tai Hang Road flyover northbound to Central will be diverted to Tung Lo Wan Road, Moreton Terrace and Leighton Road; and (v) Vehicles from Moreton Terrace will be banned from turning right at its junction with Causeway Road eastbound. (C) Prohibition to learner drivers Learner drivers will be prohibited from entering the following roads from 2.00 pm on 22 January 2012 to 8.00 am on 23 January 2012: (a) Leighton Road; (b) Tin Lok Lane; (c) Caroline Hill Road; (d) Eastern Hospital Road; (e) Tai Hang Road north of Lai Tak Tsuen Road; (f) Tung Lo Wan Road; (g) Electric Road south of Gordon Road; (h) Morrison Hill Road north of Queen’s Road East; (i) Hennessy Road; (j) Yee Wo Street; Page 3 of 43 (k) Causeway Road; (l) King’s Road; (m) Gloucester Road service road; (n) Hing Fat Street; (o) Tin Hau Temple Road westbound west of Cloud View Road; and (p) Wan Chai Road eastbound. (D) Suspension of parking spaces (a) The on-street parking spaces on the following roads will be suspended from 2.00 pm on 22 January 2012 to 8.00 am on 23 January 2012: (i) On all the above closed roads on 22 and 23 January 2012; (ii) Tung Lo Wan Road; (iii) Lockhart Road between Canal Road and Cannon Street; (iv) Jaffe Road between Canal Road East and Cannon Street; (v) Yun Ping Road; and (vi) Tsing Fung Street. (b) Victoria Park carpark in Hing Fat Street (except the disabled parking spaces) which has temporarily been suspended from 2.00 pm on 21 January 2012 will continue until 10.00 am on 23 January 2012. (E) Suspension and relocation of bus and GMB termini From 6.00 pm onwards on 22 January 2012 until further notice, Tin Hau Public Transport Interchange will be suspended. During the above period, the stop for the following bus and GMB routes will be relocated: (a) Bus routes 914 and 968 will be terminated on Tung Lo Wan Road opposite to Queen’s College; (b) Bus routes E11 will be terminated on Causeway Road westbound near Queen’s College; (c) Bus route 25 will omit the stopping point in Tin Hau Public Transport Interchange; and (d) HKI GMB route 49M will omit Hing Fat Street, Tin Hau Public Transport Interchange, King’s Road, Ngan Mok Street and Lau Li Street. HKI GMB route 39M will be converted to circular route and omit the stop at Tin Hau Public Transport Interchange. (F) Temporary bus stops arrangements (a) Bus stops on Gloucester Road Service Road near Paterson Street will be Page 4 of 43 suspended from 6.00 pm onwards and as necessary on 22 January 2012; (b) The following bus stops will be suspended or relocated from 8.00 pm onwards and as necessary on 22 January 2012: (i) Bus stops on Hennessy Road eastbound outside Sogo Department Store; (ii) Bus stops outside house no. 1 Yee Wo Street eastbound; (iii) Bus stops in Yee Wo Street eastbound near Sugar Street; (iv) Bus stops in Irving Street; (v) Bus stops outside house no. 500 Hennessy Road westbound; (vi) Bus stops outside house no. 42 Yee Wo Street westbound; (vii) Bus stops on Victoria Park Road eastbound outside Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter will be relocated to Wing Hing Street; (viii) Bus stop on Gloucester Road Service Road near Paterson Street; and (ix) Bus stops in Hing Fat Street will be suspended if traffic and pedestrian flow overspill in Hing Fat Street. Bus stops may be relocated to Causeway Road westbound and Moreton Terrace Bus Terminus; (c) Temporary bus stops on Causeway Road eastbound outside Victoria Park will be remained in operation until 10.00 am on 23 January 2012; (d) Temporary bus stops on King’s Road eastbound near Ngan Mok Street will be provided from 4.00 pm onwards on 22 January 2012 until 6.00 am on 23 January 2012; and (e) Temporary bus stops along Causeway Road westbound outside Queen’s College, Tennis Court, and the Hong Kong Central Library will be provided from 8.00 pm on 22 January 2012 to 10.00 am on 23 January 2012. (G) Suspension of tram stops The following tram stops will be temporarily suspended from 8.00 pm onwards and as necessary on 22 January 2012: (a) Causeway Road near Shelter Street (both directions); (b) Yee Wo Street opposite to Sugar Street and Paterson Street (both directions); and (c) Causeway Road outside Victoria Park Main Entrance (both directions). (H) Suspension of GMB termini/stands The following GMB stands will be suspended from 8.00 pm onwards and as necessary on 22 January 2012 unless otherwise specified: (a) The stand for HKI GMB route 4A in Cannon Street will be suspended and a Page 5 of 43 pick-up point will be temporarily designated on Gloucester Road service road near its junction with Percival Street; (b) The stand for HKI GMB route 4C in Cannon Street will be suspended and a pick-up point will be temporarily designated on Gloucester Road service road near its junction with Cannon Street; (c) The stand for HKI GMB routes 5 and 69X on Lockhart Road will be suspended and a pick-up point will be temporarily designated on Gloucester Road service road near its junction with Cannon Street; (d) The stand for HKI GMB routes 10, 11 and 31 on Jaffe Road east of Percival Street will be suspended and relocated to Jaffe Road eastbound between Canal Road East and Percival Street; and (e) The stand for HKI GMB route 25 in Paterson Street will be suspended, and the route will be converted into circular service.