The Christmas season is approaching. The police briefed today (23rd) on the special traffic arrangements for Christmas Eve (24th). According to the traffic flow, crowd control and traffic diversion measures will be implemented in Lan Kwai Fong on Hong Kong Island, West Kowloon Cultural District, and Tsim Sha Tsui.
Senior Superintendent Lau Tat-fai, Traffic Deployment Manager, Kowloon West, said that due to the impact of the epidemic in the past three years, citizens did not appreciate the lighting decorations. The road will be closed according to the flow of people and vehicles.
Checking the information, there were no road closures in Kowloon on Christmas Eve in the past three years.
In addition, there was a stampede accident in South Korea's Itaewon in the morning. Liu Dahui said that the accident made the police more prepared for danger. A series of deployments will be made on Christmas Eve, including the possible implementation of one-way crowd control, or diverting the crowd to a safe queuing area.
Acting Superintendent Ho Kan-yi of the Enforcement and Control Unit of the Hong Kong Island Regional Traffic Department said that Lan Kwai Fong will implement crowd control measures and close roads from 2:00 pm on December 24 to 5:00 am on December 25. The specific arrangements are as follows.
road closure
The following roads will be closed from 2pm on December 24 until 5am on December 25:
- D'Aguilar Street between Wyndham Street and Wellington Street
- Lan Kwai Fong
- Wing Wah Lane
- Wo On Lane
- Wellington Street and On Lan Street between Wyndham Street and D'Aguilar Street
Depending on crowd conditions, the following roads may be closed:
- Stanley Street between D'Aguilar Street and Colin Street
- Wyndham Street between Glenealy and Queen's Road Central
- D'Aguilar Street between Queen's Road Central and Wellington Street
- between Wellington Street between
D'Aguilar Street and Cotton Street
- Cotton Street between Wellington Street and Stanley Street
- Lyndhurst Street and Queen's Road Central between Pedder Street and Pottinger Street
He Ganyi said that after the implementation of the second phase of the road diversion, vehicles traveling east along Wyndham Street can only go in the direction of Ice House Street and Lower Albert Road; in addition, vehicles traveling westbound on Queen's Road Central can only turn right to Pedder Street .
In addition, all on-street parking spaces of Ho Gan-yi on the following roads will be suspended from 1:00 pm on December 24 to 5:00 am on December 25:
- On-street motorcycle parking on Stanley Street - On-street motorcycle parking
on-street - On-street motorcycle parking
on Wyndham Street
Vehicles parked illegally within the above range will be towed or ticketed multiple times without prior warning.
As for the Kowloon district, I checked the information and found that the last Christmas Eve road closure was in 2018. In the past three years, no road closures were arranged prior to Christmas Eve.
▼On December 19, the MTR announced that it will run overnight on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve▼
Liu Dahui said that the road closure in Kowloon can be divided into three stages, which will be implemented in stages at 7:00 pm. At that time, a section of Museum Road in the West Kowloon Cultural District will be closed; Canton Road, Praya Road, Nathan Road, and Salisbury Road will be closed. The road will also be closed due to the flow of people and vehicles.
By 7:30, the second stage will be implemented. The Star Ferry Terminal and Kowloon Park Drive will be completely closed, and buses will not be allowed to enter. A temporary bus stop will be set up nearby.
Depending on the flow of people, the third stage may be implemented at 10:00 pm. At that time, measures will be taken on a section of Austin Road West in the West Kowloon Cultural District to make it easier for citizens to enter and exit the West Kowloon Cultural District.
Liu Dahui pointed out that the area of road closures in Kowloon is narrower than in the past. He hopes to use this as a pilot to examine the enthusiasm of citizens to go out, and may adjust the road closure arrangements according to the flow of people and vehicles.
He predicted that the road closure would put pressure on other roads, and hoped that the public would try to use Jordan Road and Nathan Road to enter the West Kowloon waterfront area from north to south.
He also appealed to the public to take public transport as much as possible.
Lau Ta-fai also pointed out that the citizens are "hungry for a long time" and have not watched the lighting in the past three years. I believe many people will go out. However, he reminded the public that the epidemic prevention measures are still in place, and the public should try to maintain a social distance of 1.5 meters.
In addition, there was a stampede accident in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea earlier on Halloween.
In this regard, Liu Dahui said that the police have done a good job in crowd management in the past, but the accident also made the police more prepared for danger in times of peace. At that time, a series of deployments may be made, including implementing one-way crowd control, or diverting the crowd to a safe queuing area.
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