Authority for road closures
Question No. 11
Written Reply by the Hon. Michael Leung, J.P., Secretary for Transport,
to a Question asked by the Hon. POON\Chi-fai,
in Legislative Council on 29.6.88
11. MR. POON CHI-FAI asked:
Question: Given that roads are often closed temporarily for
various purposes, such as the investigation of traffic accidents, will Government inform this Council:
(a) which government departments have been
authorised to close roads temporarily; and
(b)
whether measures are being taken by these departments to ensure that roads are not closed unnecessarily and, if so, whether it is satisfied that such measures are effective?
SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT:
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Sir,
Ander Regulation 27 of the Road Traffic (Traffic
Control) Regulations, the Commissioner for Transport is
empowered to close a road or any part of it to all or any
particular kind of traffic for such period as he may think
necessary. This requires a notice to be published as soon as
le. reasonably practicable in the Gazette, or in one issue of at
least one English and one Chinese newspaper. Regulation 28
also empowers the Commissioner for Transport or the
Commissioner of Police, without publication of a notice, to
close a road for any period not exceeding 72 hours in
emergencies.
X.
Under Section 4 of the Roads (Works, Use and
Compensation) Ordinance, the Secretary for Transport may, in
respect of the execution of minor works :