Transport Department Notice Special Traffic and Transport Arrangements for Lunar New Year’s Eve 2021 Notice is hereby given that the following special traffic and transport arrangements will be implemented on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories during the Lunar New Year’s Eve in 2021: I. SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS HONG KONG ISLAND (CAUSEWAY BAY, VICTORIA PARK AND TIN HAU) (A) Road Closures The following road sections might be closed to all vehicular traffic from 11 February 2021 at different times specified below when necessary, subject to pedestrian and traffic flow. The implementation time may be varied if necessary: (a) From 8.00 am on 11 February 2021 onwards: (i) The unnamed road section at the northern entrance of Park Towers car park (except vehicles accessing to Park Towers car park); (ii) Hing Fat Street between Causeway Road and Lau Li Street (except franchised buses and Green Minibuses (‘GMB’)); (iii) Lau Li Street between Hing Fat Street and Ngan Mok Street (except disabled parking spaces); and (iv) Part of the traffic lanes of Electric Road between Mercury Street and Yacht Street. (b) From 4.00 pm on 11 February 2021 onwards: (i) Sugar Street; and (ii) Gloucester Road northbound between Causeway Road and Great George Street. (c) From 5.00 pm on 11 February 2021 onwards: (i) Cleveland Street; (ii) Paterson Street; (iii) Kingston Street; (iv) Great George Street between Paterson Street and Gloucester Road; and Page 1 of 26 (v) Jardine’s Bazaar. (d) From 7.00 pm on 11 February 2021 onwards (except franchised buses, green minibuses (GMB) and trams): (i) Hennessy Road eastbound between Percival Street and East Point Road; (ii) Yee Wo Street eastbound; (iii) The nearside lane of Pennington Street between Irving Street and Yee Wo Street; (iv) Causeway Road eastbound 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. (e) From 8.00 pm on 11 February 2021 onwards: (i) Lockhart Road east of Percival Street; (ii) Jaffe Road east of Percival Street; (iii) Cannon Street; and (iv) Shelter Street. (f) From 9.00 pm on 11 February 2021 onwards: (i) The nearside lane of Causeway Road westbound between King’s Road (near Queen’s College) and Tung Lo Wan Road (near St. Paul's Convent School); (ii) Gloucester Road southbound between the down ramp of Victoria Park Road flyover and Causeway Road; (iii) Tai Hang Road flyover southbound; (iv) Tai Hang Road flyover northbound; (v) Causeway Bay Flyover northbound; and (vi) Hing Fat Street between Causeway Road and Lau Li Street (except franchised buses and GMB). (B) Traffic Diversions From 8.00 am on 11 February 2021 onwards, Lau Li Street between Electric Road and Hing Fat Street will be re-routed as one-way westbound and closed to public light buses (‘PLB’). (C) Pedestrian Precinct The following road sections will be closed to all vehicular traffic for designation as Page 2 of 26 pedestrian precinct from 4.00 pm on 11 February 2021 to 1.00 am on 12 February 2021: (i) Lockhart Road east of Cannon Street; (ii) East Point Road; and (iii) Great George Street west of Paterson Street. (D) Prohibition to learner drivers Learner drivers will be prohibited from entering the following roads from 8.00 am on 11 February 2021 to 1.00 am on 12 February 2021: (i) Leighton Road; (ii) Tin Lok Lane; (iii) Caroline Hill Road; (iv) Eastern Hospital Road; (v) Tai Hang Road north of Lai Tak Tsuen Road; (vi) Tung Lo Wan Road; (vii) Electric Road south of Gordon Road; (viii)Morrison Hill Road north of Queen’s Road East; (ix) Hennessy Road; (x) Yee Wo Street; (xi) Causeway Road; (xii) King’s Road; (xiii)Gloucester Road service road; (xiv) Hing Fat Street; (xv) Tin Hau Temple Road westbound west of Cloud View Road; and (xvi) Wan Chai Road eastbound. (E) Suspension of parking spaces, car parks and restriction of vehicle access (a) All vehicles parked in car parks at the above closed roads will not be permitted to enter or leave the car parks until the roads are re-opened for normal traffic; (b) The on-street parking spaces on the following roads will be suspended from 8.00 am on 11 February 2021 to 1.00 am on 12 February 2021: (i) All the above closed roads on 11 and 12 February 2021; (ii) Tung Lo Wan Road; (iii) Tsing Fung Street; and (iv) Lau Li Street. (c) The on-street parking spaces on the following roads will be suspended from 2.00pm Page 3 of 26 on 11 February 2021 to 1.00am on 12 February 2021: (i) Lockhart Road between Canal Road East and Cannon Street; and (ii) Jaffe Road between Canal Road East and Cannon Street. (d) All parking spaces in Hing Fat Street Public Car Park (including disabled parking spaces) will be suspended from 8.00 am on 11 February 2021 to 1.00 am on 12 February 2021. (F) Temporary closure of Tin Hau Public Transport Interchange From 8.00 am onwards on 11 February 2021, Tin Hau Public Transport Interchange will be suspended. During the above period, the following arrangement of the stops will be implemented: (i) Bus routes 914, 914P, 914X, 948, 948A, 948B, 948P, 948X, 968 and 968A to Tin Hau will be terminated on Tung Lo Wan Road opposite to Queen’s College and an alighting stop will be added at Ngan Mon Street; (ii) Bus routes 914 and 968 to Kowloon and Yuen Long will be departed from Tung Lo Wan Road opposite to Queen’s College; (iii) Bus routes E11, E11A and E11S to Tin Hau will be terminated on Causeway Road westbound near Queen’s College; (iv) Bus routes 948, E11 and E11A to Tsing Yi and Asia World-Expo will be departed from Causeway Road westbound near Queen’s College; (v) Bus route 307P to Tin Hau will be terminated at Hing Fat Street opposite to Victoria Park Swimming Pool; (vi) Bus route 307P to Tai Po will be departed from Ngan Mok Street; (vii) Bus route 25 will omit the stop in Tin Hau Public Transport Interchange; (viii) HKI GMB route 49M will omit Hing Fat Street, Tin Hau Public Transport Interchange, King’s Road, Ngan Mok Street, Lau Li Street, and terminated at King’s Road westbound near Lau Sin Street; and (ix) HKI GMB route 39M and 56B will be converted to circular route and omit the stop at Tin Hau Public Transport Interchange. (G) Temporary bus stops arrangements The bus stop on Victoria Park Road eastbound outside Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter will be suspended from 8.00 pm onwards and as necessary on 11 February 2021. Members of the public can make enquiries to the bus companies on the details of temporary bus stops arrangements: New World First Bus: 2136 8888; Citybus: 2873 0818; KMB: 2745 4466. Page 4 of 26 (H) Suspension of tram stops The following tram stops will be suspended from 8.00 pm onwards and as necessary on 11 February 2021: (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). (I) Suspension and relocation of GMB stops To tie in with the above road closures, the following GMB stands will be suspended from 8.00 pm onwards and as necessary on 11 February 2021 : (i) The stops of HKI GMB route 4A and 4C on Cannon Street will be relocated to Gloucester Road service road near Percival Street and Gloucester Road service road near Cannon Street respectively; (ii) The stops of HKI GMB routes 5 and 69X on Lockhart Road will be relocated to Gloucester Road service road near Cannon Street; (iii) The stops of 40 and 40X in Jardine’s Bazaar will be relocated to Pennington Street outside Dragon Rise; (iv) The stops of HKI GMB routes 10 and 31 on Jaffe Road east of Percival Street will be relocated to Jaffe Road eastbound between Canal Road East and Percival Street; and (v) The stop of HKI GMB route 25 in Paterson Street will be suspended and it will be converted into circular service. (J) Suspension of PLB stands The PLB stands in Sugar Street and Paterson Street will be suspended from 4.00 pm onwards on 11 February 2021. (K) Suspension of taxi stands To tie in with the above road closures, the following Taxi stands will be suspended from on 11 February 2021 at the different times specified below: (a) From 8.00 am on 11 February 2021 onwards: Page 5 of 26 (i) Lau Li Street; and (ii) Electric Road. (b) From 4.00 pm on 11 February 2021 onwards: (i) Paterson Street near Great George Street; (ii) Paterson Street between Gloucester Road Service Road and Kingston Street; (iii) Jaffe Road near Percival Street; and (iv) Lockhart Road near Cannon Street. (K) Central-Mid-levels Escalator The services of the Central to Mid-Levels Escalator and Walkway System will be extended to 3.00 am on 12 February 2021. KOWLOON (1) Wong Tai Sin Morse Park The following special traffic arrangements will be implemented from 5.00 pm on 11 February to 2.00 am on 12 February 2021: (A) Traffic arrangements (a) Road closures The eastern egress of Ching Tak Street public light bus and taxi stands near Wong Tai Sin Government Primary School will be closed. Vehicles will be required to use the western egress and turn left into Ching Tak Street westbound for leaving.