TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT NOTICE Special Traffic and Public Transport Arrangements for the Hong Kong Marathon 2010, 28 February 2010 Notice is hereby given that the following special traffic and public transport arrangements will be implemented on Sunday, 28 February 2010 to facilitate the holding of Hong Kong Marathon 2010. I. SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR 10KM RACE AT ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, HONG KONG ISLAND (A) Road Closures and Traffic Diversion (Please refer to Plans 2 and 3): The following roads will be closed to all vehicular traffic at the time as specified below (except vehicles with labels issued by the organizer): Phase I From 2.00 am to about 9.00 am (depending on the exact finishing time of 10Km race, and it is safe to re-open the roads to vehicular traffic): Road Closures: (i) Island Eastern Corridor eastbound between Victoria Park Road eastbound and Tung Hei Road slip road; (ii) Hing Fat Street slip road leading to Island Eastern Corridor eastbound; (iii) Man Hong Street slip road leading to Island Eastern Corridor eastbound; (iv) Taikoo Wan Road slip road leading to Island Eastern Corridor eastbound; and (v) The slip roads leading from Eastern Harbour Crossing Exit to Island Eastern Corridor eastbound. Traffic Diversion: (i) Vehicles on Victoria Park Road eastbound heading for Island Eastern Corridor eastbound and Eastern Harbour Crossing will be diverted via Gordon Road, Electric Road and Java Road; (ii) Vehicles on Hing Fat Street heading for Island Eastern Corridor eastbound and Eastern Harbour Crossing will be diverted via Gordon Road, Electric Road and Java Road; (iii) Vehicles on Java Road and Man Hong Street heading for Island Eastern Corridor eastbound and Eastern Harbour Crossing will be diverted via Java Road and King’s Road; (iv) Vehicles on Taikoo Wan Road heading for Island Eastern Corridor eastbound will be diverted via Shau Kei Wan Road; (v) Vehicles diverted to Java Road and King’s Road eastbound can access to Eastern Harbour Crossing via Hong On Street; and (vi) Vehicles on Eastern Harbour Crossing Exit heading for Island Eastern Corridor eastbound will be diverted via Tai On Street and Shau Kei Wan Road. Phase II From 2.00 am to about 10.00 am (depending on the exact finishing time of 10Km race, and it is safe to re-open the roads to vehicular traffic): Road Closures: (i) Island Eastern Corridor westbound between Victoria Park Road westbound and Tung Hei Road slip road; (ii) Nam On Street slip road leading to Island Eastern Corridor westbound; (iii) Chai Wan Road slip road leading to Island Eastern Corridor westbound; (iv) Tai Hong Street slip road leading to Island Eastern Corridor westbound; Page 1 (v) The upramp on Oi Shun Road leading to Island Eastern Corridor westbound; (vi) Hong On Street slip road leading to Island Eastern Corridor westbound; (vii) Taikoo Wan Road slip road leading to Island Eastern Corridor westbound; (viii) The slip roads leading from Eastern Harbour Crossing Exit to Island Eastern Corridor westbound (except the section up to the down ramp slip road leading to Man Hong Street); (ix) King’s Road westbound slip road junction with Healthy Street Central heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound; (x) Tong Shui Road slip road leading to Island Eastern Corridor westbound; (xi) Wharf Road slip road leading to Island Eastern Corridor westbound; and (xii) Victoria Park Road westbound between the down ramp of Island Eastern Corridor westbound and Gloucester Road westbound (except the slow lane leading to Gloucester Road service road). Traffic Diversion: (i) Vehicles on Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via Nam On Lane and Shau Kei Wan Road; (ii) Vehicles on Nam On Lane and Nam Hong Street heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via Nam On Street westbound, Sun Sing Street and Shau Kei Wan Road; (iii) Vehicles on Chai Wan Road heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via Shau Kei Wan Road; (iv) Vehicles diverted to Shau Kei Wan Road westbound can access to Eastern Harbour Crossing via Tai Ning Street, Sai Wan Ho Street and Tai Hong Street; (v) Vehicles on Tai Hong Street will only be allowed for access to Eastern Harbour Crossing and Lei King Wan. Traffic heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via Tai Hong Street, Hong Cheung Street, Tai On Street and Shau Kei Wan Road; (vi) Vehicles on Oi Shun Road westbound heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted to use Oi Yee Street and Shau Kei Wan Road; (vii) Hong On Street will be only for access to and from Eastern Harbour Crossing. Traffic heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via Hong On Street westbound and King’s Road. Traffic along Hong Yue Street (except those heading for Eastern Harbour Crossing) will be diverted via Hong On Street westbound; (viii) Vehicles on Taikoo Wan Road slip road heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via Taikoo Shing Road and King’s Road; (ix) Vehicles from Eastern Harbour Crossing Exit heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via Man Hong Street and King’s Road (until 5.00 am); (x) Vehicles on King’s Road westbound junction with Healthy Street Central slip road heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via King’s Road westbound; (xi) Vehicles on King’s Road westbound junction with Tong Shui Road slip road heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via King’s Road; and (xii) Vehicles on Tong Shui Road heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via Java Road, Kam Hong Street and King’s Road; (xiii) Vehicles on Wharf Road slip road heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via Wharf Road westbound, North Point Road, Java Road, Tong Shui Road and King’s Road; and (xiv) Vehicles on Tsing Fung Street flyover will be diverted via the slow lane of Victoria Park Road westbound and Gloucester Road service road. Phase III From 4.00 am to about 7.30 am (depending on the exact finishing time of the 10Km race, and it is safe to re-open the roads to vehicular traffic): Road Closures: Page 2 (i) Hing Fat Street between Causeway Road and Gordon Road; (ii) Electric Road between Yacht Street and Park Towers; (iii) Lau Li Street between Hing Fat Street and Electric Road; and (iv) Tsing Fung Street between Hing Fat Street and Electric Road. Traffic Diversion: (i) Vehicles on Causeway Road eastbound heading for Hing Fat Street will be diverted via King’s Road eastbound; (ii) Vehicles on King’s Road westbound heading for Hing Fat Street will be diverted via Causeway Road westbound; (iii) Vehicles on Electric Road southbound will be diverted to turn left onto Yacht Street (except for access to Park Towers; (iv) Vehicles leaving Park Towers car park will be diverted via Electric Road and Yacht Street; and (v) Vehicles on Electric Road heading for Tsing Fung Street will be diverted via Yacht Street. Phase IV From 5.00 am to about 9.00 am (depending on the exact finishing time of 10Km race, and it is safe to re-open the roads to vehicular traffic) : Road Closure: (i) Island Eastern Corridor westbound between Eastern Harbour Crossing Exit and the down ramp slip road leading to Man Hong Street. Traffic Diversion: (i) During the closure of Man Hong Street slip road, traffic from Eastern Harbour Crossing Exit heading for Island Eastern Corridor westbound will be diverted via Hong On Street, or Tai On Street and Shau Kei Wan Road; Phase V From 5.00 am to about 9.30 am (depending on the exact finishing time of 10Km Race, and it is safe to re-open the roads to vehicular traffic): Road Closure (i) The flyover leading from Gloucester Road northbound to Gloucester Road westbound. Traffic Diversion (i) Vehicles on Tai Hang Road flyover northbound heading for Gloucester Road westbound will be diverted to Gloucester Road service road. Phase VI From 5.00 am to about 2.00 pm (depending on the exact finishing time of all marathon races, and it is safe to re-open the roads to vehicular traffic): Road Closures: (i) Gloucester Road northbound between the u-turn slip road beneath Tai Hang Road flyover and Kingston Street; (ii) Gloucester Road southbound between Gloucester Road service road and Causeway Road (access to Tai Hang Road flyover southbound is allowed after 9.30 am); (iii) The fast lane of Great George Street towards Gloucester Road southbound; (iv) Sugar Street; (v) Paterson Street between Kingston Street and Great George Street; and (vi) Kingston Street westbound between Gloucester Road and Paterson Street. Page 3 Traffic Diversion: (i) Vehicles on Causeway Bay flyover southbound will be diverted via Gloucester Road service road (access to Tai Hang Road Flyover southbound is allowed from 9.30 am ); (ii) Vehicles on Great George Street will be diverted to Gloucester Road northbound; (iii) Vehicles on Yee Wo Street eastbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Sugar Street; (iv) Vehicles on Paterson Street southbound will be diverted to turn left onto Kingston Street eastbound and Gloucester Road northbound; (v) Vehicles on Cleveland Street will be diverted to turn left onto Kingston Street eastbound and Gloucester Road northbound; and (vi) Vehicles on Tai Hang Road flyover northbound will be diverted via Gloucester Road northbound and Gloucester Road service road. (B) Suspension of Parking Spaces (i) all parking spaces in Hing Fat Street public carpark (except disabled parking spaces) will be suspended from 10.00 pm on 27 February 2010 to 3.00 pm on 28 February 2010; and (ii) the on-street metered parking spaces and on-street parking spaces for motorcycles on the eastern kerbside lane of Tung Lo Wan Road between Lin Fa Kung Street West and King’s Road will be suspended from 3.00 am to 8.30 am.