WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987
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SPECIAL TRAFFIC PLAN FOR NIGHT RACE MEETING
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MOTOR ISTS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN HAPPY VALLEY THIS WEEKEND (APRIL 11) FOR THE NIGHT RACE MEETING,
THE ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THOSE IN FORCE FOR THE WEDNESDAY EVENING MEETINGS. HOWEVER, THEY WILL COME INTO EFFECT AROUND 4.30 PM TO COINCIDE WITH THE EARLIER START OF THE FIRST RACE, WHICH IS AT 6.30 PM INSTEAD OF THE USUAL 7.45 PM.
UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS, TRAFFIC ON A NUMBER OF ROAD SECTIONS IN HAPPY VALLEY. WAN CHAI AND CAUSEWAY BAY WILL EITHER BE DIVERTED OR RE-ROUTED. LEARNER DRIVERS WILL BE BANNED FROM LEIGHTON ROAD, SHAN KWONG ROAD, VILLAGE ROAD, PERCIVAL STREET, CANAL ROAD EAST AND THE SERVICE ROADS LEADING TO CANAL ROAD FLYOVER BETWEEN 4.30 PM AND 11 PM.
ALSO FROM 4 PM ONWARDS UNTIL MIDNIGHT, PARKING SPACES IN WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD, SPORTS ROAD, VILLAGE ROAD, O KWAN ROAD AND YIU WAH STREET WILL BE SUSPENDED.
IN ADDITION, A SPECIAL CMB ROUTE 1M WILL OPERATE BETWEEN ADMIRALTY MTR STATION AND HAPPY VALLEY FROM 4.30 PM AT A 15-MINUTE FREQUENCY. ROUTINGS OF BUSES AND MINIBUSES WILL ALSO BE DIVERTED TO AVOID THE RE-ROUTED ROADS.
THE RACE MEETING WILL END AROUND 10 PM AND THE SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL LAST UNTIL THE CROWDS HAVE DISPERSED.