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Night closure of Tuen Mun Road for blasting modified

The night closure of Tuen Mun Road Ting Kau section for rock blastings will be modified from Friday (August 16) after a review on a trial scheme held between 1 am and 1.30 am on August 1 and 2, the Transport Department announces today (Wednesday).

The closure is to facilitate rock blasting operation under the Ting Kau Bridge and Approach Viaduct Project.

The traffic diversion operation for rock blastings will begin 30 minutes earlier and finish 15 minutes later. The modified programme will commence on Friday.

Under the modified scheme, Tuen Mun Road Tuen Mun-bound between Tsuen Wan and Sham Tseng Interchange will be fully closed from 0.30 am to 1.45 am on the day.

Tuen Mun Road Kowloon-bound between Sham Tseng Interchange and Tsuen Wan will be fully closed between 0.30 am and 5 am on Friday for the clearing road surfaces after blasting.

As a result of the full closure of Tuen Mun Road, the following access roads to Tuen Mun Road will also be temporarily closed on Friday for the periods specified:

Tsuen Wan Road Tuen Mun-bound between its exit slip road to Hoi Hing Road Roundabout and Tuen Mun Road between 0.30 am and 1.45

am;

the slip road from Hoi Hing Road Roundabout to Tsuen Wan Road Tuen Mun-bound between 0.30 am and 1.45 am;

the slip road from Castle Peak Road to Tuen Mun Road Tuen Mun- bound between 0.30 am and 1.45 am; and

the slip road from Castle Peak Road to Tuen Mun Road Kowloon-bound at Sham Tseng Interchange between 0.30 am and 5 am.

During the closure of Tuen Mun Road Tuen Mun-bound between 0.30 am and 1.45 am, all vehicles including public buses, green minibuses and New Territories taxis in Tsuen Wan heading for Tuen Mun should use Hoi Hing Road, Hoi On Road and Castle Peak Road until reaching Sham Tseng Interchange where they can access to Tuen Mun Road Tuen Mun-bound.