THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1986
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REMINDER ON CHING MING TRAFFIC PLAN FOR HK ISLAND
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON SATURDAY (APRIL 5), SUNDAY (APRIL 6) AND APRIL 13 ON HONG KONG ISLAND FOR THE CHING MING FESTIVAL.
DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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CAPE COLLINSON ROAD EAST OF LIN SHING ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC, EXCEPT FOR LOCAL ACCESS.
THE SLIP ROAD LEADING TO THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE AND CREMATORIUM FROM CAPE COLLINSON ROAD WILL BE RESTRICTED TO HEARSES AND VEHICLES CARRYING PASSENGERS TO SERVICES AT THE CREMATORIUM.
THE SLIP ROAD LEADING TO THE CHAI WAN CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERY WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.
* CAPE COLLINSON ROAD MAY BE CLOSED WITHOUT NOTICE,
DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
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CAPE COLLINSON ROAD BETWEEN LIN SHING ROAD AND SHEK O ROAD WILL BECOME ONE-WAY WESTBOUND.
LIN SHING ROAD BETWEEN WAN TSUI ROAD AND CAPE COLLINSON ROAD WILL BECOME ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND.
WAN TSU! ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY CLOCKWISE.
NO PARKING WILL BE PERMITTED ALONG CAPE COLLINSON ROAD, LIN SHING ROAD, WAH HA STREET AND THE SECTION OF SHEK O ROAD BETWEEN CAPE COLLINSON TRAINING CENTRE AND TAI TAM ROAD.
* CONSORT RISE IN POK FU LAM WILL BECOME ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND
FROM VICTORIA ROAD TO BISNEY ROAD.
* PEEL RISE NEAR THE ABERDEEN CHINESE CEMETERY AND THE
SLIP ROAD FROM SHEK PAI WAN ROAD TO THE CEMETERY WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.
CMB WILL OPERATE ADDITIONAL SERVICES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ROUTE 57 FROM CENTRAL BUS STATION TO CHINESE CHRISTIAN CEMETERY (CIRCULAR) WILL RUN FROM 7 AM TO 5.52 PM AT A FREQUENCY OF SEVEN TO EIGHT MINUTES, WHILE 89 BETWEEN SHAU KE1 WAN BUS TERMINUS TO CHAI WAN CEMETERY VIA CHAI WAN MTR STATION (CIRCULAR) WILL OPERATE BETWEEN 7 AM AND 6 PM AT A FREQUENCY OF FIVE MINUTES.
CMB ROUTES 80, 81, 81M, 82, 83, 84, 780 AND CROSS-HARBOUR ROUTE 106, AND GREEN MINIBUSES ON ROUTES 16M AND 18M WILL BE DIVERTED AS A RESULT OF THE ROAD CLOSURE AND RE-ROUTEING MEASURES IN CHAI WAN.
CONGESTION IS EXPECTED ON APPROACH ROADS TO CEMETERIES AND MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID THESE AREAS IF POSSIBLE.