Police will implement special traffic arrangements in Causeway Bay and Tin Hau to facilitate members of the public visiting Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair.
A. Road closure
Depending on traffic and crowd conditions, the following roads may be closed daily from 8am to 00.01am of the following day between February 4 and 6, and daily from 8am to 3am of the following day between February 7 and 8:
– The unnamed road section at the northern entrance of Park Towers car park, except for vehicles accessing Park Towers car park;
– Hing Fat Street between Causeway Road and Lau Li Street, except for franchised buses and green minibuses;
– Lau Li Street between Hing Fat Street and Ngan Mok Street; and
– Part of the traffic lanes of Electric Road between Gordon Road and Yacht Street.
Depending on traffic and crowd conditions, the road closure area may be extended to cover the following roads daily from 4pm to 00.01am of the following day between February 4 and 6, and daily from 4pm to 3am of the following day between February 7 and 8:
– Paterson Street;
– Great George Street;
– Sugar Street;
– Cleveland Street;
– Kingston Street;
– Northbound Gloucester Road between Causeway Road and Great George Street;
– Northbound Gloucester Road between Great George Street and Tai Hang Road flyover, northbound Tai Hang flyover towards Central will remain open;
– Southbound Gloucester Road between Causeway Road and Causeway Bay flyover;
– Lockhart Road east of Percival Street (between February 7 and 8 only) ;
– Jaffe Road east of Percival Street (between February 7 and 8 only) ; and
– Cannon Street(between February 7 and 8 only).
B. Pedestrianisation
The following roads will be pedestrianised from noon to 00.01am of the following day on February 4; daily from 4pm to 00.01am of the following day between February 5 and 6; and daily from 4pm to 3am of the following day between February 7 and 8:
– Lockhart Road east of Cannon Street;
– East Point Road; and
– Great George Street west of Paterson Street.
C. Suspension of parking spaces
All parking spaces in Hing Fat Street Public Car Park will be suspended daily from 8am to 00.01am of the following day between February 4 and 6, and daily from 8am to 3am of the following day between February 7 and 8, except for disabled parking spaces.
All car parks within the above closed road area may be suspended and vehicles may not be allowed to enter or exit the car parks, until the roads are safe for re-opening.
All vehicles parked illegally during the implementation of the above special traffic arrangements will be towed away without prior warning, and may be subject to multiple ticketing.
Members of the public are advised to make use of public transport to visit the Fair. Actual implementation of traffic arrangements will be made depending on traffic and crowd conditions in the areas. Motorists are advised to exercise tolerance and patience and take heed of instructions of the Police on site.
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