Transport Department Notice

Temporary Traffic and Transport Arrangements for UNICEF Charity Run 2013

     Notice is hereby given that to facilitate the UNICEF Charity Run 2013, the following temporary traffic and transport arrangements will be implemented on 24 November 2013 with the time specified below: 

     (I)  Temporary Road Closures and Traffic Arrangements 

     The following road sections will be closed to all vehicular traffic at the time specified below: 

     (i) from 3.00 am to 10.00 am

      a) Fantasy Road eastbound;

      b) Wing Yan Road;

      c) The section of Magic Road southbound north of Fantasy Road;

      d) Sunny Bay Road northbound between the crash gate near Inspiration Lake and Sunny Bay Public Transport Interchange; and

      e) Inspiration Drive. 

     (ii) from 3.00 am to 10.30 am

      f) The section of Magic Road northbound south of Fantasy Road; and

      g) Sea Point Road. 

     During the period of road closure as mentioned in (a), (c), (d) and (f) above, the opposite bound carriageway of the roads will be converted to two-way traffic.

     (iii) from 3.00 am to 10.00 am

      h) The section of Cheung Tung Road between Sunny Bay Road and Sham Shui Kok Drive.  During period of the road closure, 

      1) motorists on Sunny Bay Road heading for Tung Chung are advised to travel via Penny's Bay Highway and North Lantau Highway; 

      2) motorists on Sunny Bay Road heading for Discovery Bay or the section of Cheung Tung Road west of Sham Shui Kok Drive are advised to travel via Penny's Bay Highway, North   Lantau Highway, turn around at Tung Chung East Interchange to Cheung Tung Road eastbound; 

      3) motorists on Discovery Bay Tunnel Access Road or the section of Cheung Tung Road west of Sham Shui Kok Drive heading for Sunny Bay Road are advised to travel via Cheung Tung Road westbound, Tat Tung Road, Shun Tung Road westbound, Tung Chung Waterfront Road, Yi Tung Road, North Lantau Highway and Penny's Bay Highway; and

      4) motorists from Tung Chung heading for Sunny Bay Road are advised to travel via North Lantau Highway eastbound and Penny's Bay Highway. 

     (II)  Temporary Public Transport Arrangements

     a) Bus route R8 (Disneyland Resort Public Transport Interchange - Lantau Link Toll Plaza) will not observe Inspiration Lake Recreation Centre on its journeys before 11.00 am; and

     b) Discovery Bay residents' service route DB03R (Discovery Bay - Sunny Bay) will defer the first departure from 6.50 am to about 10.00 am. Passengers interchanging with railway are advised to take residents' service route DB01R (Discovery Bay - Tung Chung) to Tung Chung Station.

     Appropriate traffic signs will be erected on site to guide motorists.  Actual implementation of the traffic and transport arrangements will be made by the Police at the time depending on the traffic conditions in the area.  Affected motorists are advised to drive with utmost care and patience.

 

                                YEUNG HO Pui-yan, Ingrid Commissioner for Transport