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Speical traffic and transport arrangements to facilitate the dragon boat races on 7 June (Friday).
Southern District
Road Closure and Pedestrian Precinct, only open for vehicles of local residents, police vehicles and emergency service vehicles:
- Kwun Hoi Path near Ocean Court will temporarily close from 7.00 am to 6.00 pm;
- Stanley Link Road and Hoi Fung Path will temporarily close from 6.00 am to 7.00 pm;
- Stanley New Street and Stanley Market Road will temporarily close from 7.00 am to 6.00 pm;
- The effective period of the pedestrian precinct on Stanley Main Street will be advanced to 7.00 am till 11.00 pm.
Bus routes will strengthen their services:
- CTB Route 73S special service from Stanley Village to Ocean Park MTR Station will operate between 3.00 pm and 6.00 pm;
- NWFB Route 14 will strengthen its service; 2 additional short working service between Stanley Police Station and Sai Wan Ho (omitting Stanley Plaza) will be available subject to passenger demand;
- NWFB Route 65 will strengthen its service, an additional short-working service between Repulse Bay and Victoria Park will be available subject to passenger demand and traffic condition (may omit Carmel Road, Cape Road and Chung Hom Kok Road subject to traffic conditions);
- Special departures of CTB Route 6X will be running from Ma Hang and Chung Hom Kok to Central (Exchange Square);
- Cross Harbour Route 973 will strengthen its service, additional departures will be available from Stanley from 3.00 pm to 7.00 pm (omitting Ocean Park);
- NWFB Route 9, CTB Route 73 and 260 will strengthen their services subject to passenger demand.
The following bus routes will divert their routes:
- Some departures (both bounds) of CTB Route 6 operating between 8.05 am and 7.00 pm will omit Chung Hom Kok and Ma Hang;
- All departures of CTB Route 314 will omit Tung Tau Wan Road;
- Some departures of Cross Harbour Route 973 between 9.40 am and 7.00 pm from Stanley will omit Tung Tau Wan Road subject to traffic condition;
- Full-load departures of CTB Route No. 260 from Central (Exchange Square) will operate via Harcourt Road flyover, Gloucester Road and Aberdeen Tunnel after Connaught Road Central.
The following bus routes will adjustment on frequency and departure:
- The frequency of CTB Route 6 will be adjusted to 15-30 minutes on average;
- The frequency of CTB Route 6X will be adjusted to 15 minutes on average;
- The frequency of CTB Route 73 from Cyberport will be adjusted to 20 minutes between 4.10 pm and 6.10 pm;
- The first departure of CTB Route 260 from Central (Exchange Sqaure) will be advanced to 6.40 am.
Temporary/Relocation/Suspension of Bus Stops
- The bus stop at Stanley Village Road outside Stanley Village B/T for NWFB Route 14 from Grand Promenade may be cancelled due to traffic condition.
- A temporary alighting bus stop of NWFB Route 65 will be designated at Stanley Villiage Road outside Stanley Village B/T.
- Full-load departures of CTB Route 260 from Central (Exchange Square) will omit stops outside Admiralty Garden and Immigration Tower.
- All bus stops along Tung Tau Wan Road and the stop at Stanley Village Road outside Old Stanley Police Station for CTB Route 314 will be suspended. A temporary stop will be provided at Stanley Beach Road outside Stanley Main Beach.
- The bus stops for Routes 6X and 260 at Island Road (westbound) (opposite to the golf course) will be temporarily relocated westwards for about 15 metres.
- Temporary bus stops for alighting only will be provided at Stanley Village Road (southbound) outside Stanley Police Station and Carmel Road (westbound) near Stanley Village Road.
- The bus stop for Routes 6, 6X, 65, 73, 260 and 973 at Repulse Bay Road westbound (outside Repulse Bay Villa) will be suspended from 6.00 am to 7.00 pm.
- The stop for GMB Route 40 at Stanley Beach Road will be suspended from 6.00 am to 7.00 pm.
Suspension of Kaito Service
The service hour of kaito service between Aberdeen (Landing step outside Aberdeen Promenade) and Ap Lei Chau will be adjusted to 5.00 pm to 11.00 pm, and the service before 5.00 pm during the dragon boat activities in Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter will be suspended.
Tai Po District
Road Closure
Dai King Street, Dai Hei Street and the section of Dai Kwai Street between Dai Cheong Street and Tai Po Waterfront Park will be closed to all vehicular traffic, except for taxis, emergency vehicles and those vehicles authorized by police officers on site, from 8.00 a.m. on June 6 to 2.00 p.m. on June 7.
Bus Route Diversion and Suspension of Bus Stops
KMB Route 72A (Tai Wai Station – Tai Po Industrial Estate) will omit the section of Dai Kwai Street south of its junction with Dai Cheong Street, Dai Hei Street and Dai King Street on its journeys to and from Tai Po Industrial Estate Bus Terminus from 7.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Concurrently, the bus stops on these road sections at this period will be unavailable.
Sha Tin District
Road Closure
Sand Martin Bridge (Sha Tin Rural Committee Road between Yuen Wo Road and Tai Chung Kiu Road) will be temporarily closed to all vehicular traffic from 7.30 am to 2.00 pm. During the closure of Sand Martin Bridge, motorists crossing Shing Mun River are advised to travel via Lion Bridge (Lion Rock Tunnel Road) or Banyan Bridge (Fo Tan Road between Yuen Wo Road and Tai Chung Kiu Road).
Bus and Green Minibus (GMB) Route Diversion
(i) During the closure of Sand Martin Bridge northbound:
- KMB Routes 47X (Kwai Shing bound), 88 (Tai Wai Station bound), 88X (Fo Tan Station bound), 81K (Sui Wo bound), 249X (Sha Tin Central bound), NWFB Route 798 (Fo Tan bound) and Cross Harbour Bus Route 170 (Sha Tin Station bound) will go via Tai Chung Kiu Road eastbound, Fo Tan Road northbound and Tai Po Road westbound before resuming their original routeings;
- KMB Routes 49X (Tsing Yi bound), 83K (Sha Tin Central bound) and LWB Route E42 (Airport bound) will go via Tai Chung Kiu Road westbound, Lion Rock Tunnel Road northbound and Sha Tin Centre Street before resuming their original routeings;
- KMB Route 288 and GMB Routes 809K and 403 on their journeys to Sha Tin Central will go via Tai Chung Kiu Road, Fo Tan Road northbound and Yuen Wo Road before resuming their original routeings;
- KMB Route 88X (Fo Tan bound), 89X (Sha Tin Station bound), 284 (Sha Tin Central bound) and 299X (Sha Tin Central bound) will go via Tai Chung Kiu Road westbound, Lion Rock Tunnel Road northbound, Sha Tin Centre Street, Wang Pok Street and Yuen Wo Road before resuming their original routeings;
- GMB Routes 65A (Sha Tin Central bound), 67A and 67K (Sha Tin Station bound) will go via Lion Rock Tunnel Road northbound, Sha Tin Centre Street, Wang Pok Street and Yuen Wo Road before resuming their original routeings; and
- KMB Route 72A (Tai Po bound) will go via Tai Po Road eastbound, Sha Tin Centre Street and Wang Pok Street before resuming its original routeing.
(ii) During the closure of Sand Martin Bridge southbound:
- KMB Routes 47X (Chun Shek bound), 49X (Kwong Yuen bound), 81K (Sun Tin Wai bound) will go via Yuen Wo Road westbound, Tam Kon Po Street, Sha Tin Centre Street, Pak Hok Ting Street, Sha Tin Centre Street,, Lion Rock Tunnel Road southbound and Tai Chung Kiu Road eastbound before resuming their original routeings;
- KMB Route 86K (Kam Ying bound) and 89X (Kwun Tong bound) will go via Tai Po Road eastbound, Fo Tan Road southbound and Tai Chung Kiu Road before resuming their original routeings;
- Cross Harbour Bus Route 170 (Wah Fu bound) will travel via Tai Po Road eastbound, Fo Tan Road southbound and Tai Chung Kiu Road before resuming their original routeings;
- KMB Routes 299X (Sai Kung bound), 284 (Ravana Garden bound) will travel via Yuen Wo Road eastbound, Fo Tan Road southbound and Tai Chung Kiu Road before resuming their original routeings;
- KMB Routes 88 (Sau Mau Ping (Central) bound), 88X (Ping Tin bound), 249X (Tsing Yi Bound) and GMB Route 809K (Shui Chuen Au Street bound) will travel via Yuen Wo Road eastbound, Fo Tan Road southbound and Tai Chung Kiu Road before resuming their original routeings
- NWFB Route 798 (Tiu Keng Leng bound), LWB Route E42 (Pok Hong bound), GMB Routes 65A (Wong Nai Tau bound), 67A (Shek Mun bound) and 67K (A Kung Kok bound) will travel via Sha Tin Centre Street, Pak Hok Ting Street, Sha Tin Centre Street, Lion Rock Tunnel Road southbound and Tai Chung Kiu Road before resuming their original routeings; and
- KMB Route 72A (Tai Wai bound) will travel via Tam Kon Po Street, Sha Tin Centre Street, Pak Hok Ting Street, Sha Tin Centre Street and Tai Po Road westbound before resuming its original routeing; and
During the period of above diversions, the following bus and GMB stops will be unavailable:
- the stops on Tai Chung Kiu Road outside and opposite to Garden Rivera for GMB route 809K;
- the stops on Tai Chung Kiu Road outside and opposite to Jat Min Chuen for KMB Route 72A;
- the stop on Tai Chung Kiu Road opposite to Tsang Tai Uk for KMB Route 72A;
- the stops on Lion Rock Tunnel Road outside and opposite to the Heritage Museum for KMB Route 72A; and
- the stop on Wang Pok Street outside Lucky Plaza for LWB Route E42.
A temporary stop will be provided for KMB route 72A (Tai Wai bound) on Tam Kon Po Street;
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