TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1977
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR SILVER JUBILEE PROCESSION
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TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE PROCESSION ON THURSDAY EVENING.
MANY ROADS ALONG THE PROCESSION ROUTE BETWEEN VICTORIA PARK AND VICTORIA BARRACKS WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 6.45 P.M. THAT DAY.
THE ONLY MAJOR ROADS THAT WILL BE LEFT OPEN TO NORMAL EAST-WEST TRAFFIC WILL BE WATERFRONT ROAD, TUNG LO WAN ROAD, LEIGHTON ROAD, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND KENNEDY ROAD.
IN VIEW OF THIS AND THE FACT THAT VERY LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER EARLY ALONG THE PROCESSION ROUTE, MOTORISTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO EITHER KEEP WELL CLEAR OF THE WAN CHAI AREA AFTER 6 P.M. OR USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT WHICH WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY OVER PRIVATE MOTORISTS.
THE MAJORITY OF METERED PARKING SPACES IN WAN CHAI AND CAUSEWAY BAY WILL BE CANCELLED BETWEEN 4.30 P.M. AND MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY.
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN A NUMBER OF STREETS ALONG OR NEAR THE PROCESSION ROUTE BUT THESE WILL BE INDICATED BY DIRECTIONAL SIGNS AND TRAFFIC POLICE WILL BE ON HAND TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
DURING THE PROCESSION, THERE WILL BE NO THROUGH TRAM SERVICES BETWEEN NORTH POINT AND CENTRAL BECAUSE OF THE ROAD CLOSURES. BUSES, PLB'S AND MAXICABS WILL BE DIVERTED AWAY FROM THE CLOSED ROADS.
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