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| An estimated 74,000 people are expected to take part in the 2025 HK Marathon (photo of 2024 race from the HK Marathon-Standard Chatered website) |
The Hong Kong Transport Department has reminded the public of road closures in the Yau Tsim Mong area and parts of Aberdeen due to this year’s Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon which will start on Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsu, and ends at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay.
Major sections in the race route will gradually close starting at 11:30pm on Saturday, and will reopen by 2pm on Sunday in phases.
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An estimated 74,000 people are expected to take part in four major races: the full marathon, half-marathon, 10 km race, and the wheelchair race.
The full marathon race
will pass through major sections of Nathan Road (from Granville to Argylle
streets), Lin Cheung Road, West Kowloon Highway, Stonecutters Bridge, Nam Wan
Tunnel, Ting Kau Bridge, Cheung Tsing Tunnel, Tsing Kwai Highway, the Western
Harbour Crossing, Connaught Road West flyover, Lung Wo Road, Expo Drive, Hung Hing
Road, Lockhart Road, Percival Street, Hennesy Road, Yee Wo Street and Sugar
Street, until Victoria Park.
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The
half marathon race route will follow that of the full marathon race from the
starting point at Nathan Road to Lin Cheung Road with the turning point at
Tsing Kwai Highway and then rejoin the full marathon race route at West Kowloon
Highway.
The
10-kilometre race will start at the Island Eastern Corridor (IEC) near the
exit/entrance of Central-Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel (CWBT) and pass along the IEC
eastwards to the turning point near Oi Tak Street and then return to the
finishing point.
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The
10-kilometre wheelchair race will start at Wan Chai Sports Ground and route
through Hung Hing Road, Expo Drive, Lung Wo Road and Central Ferry Piers area
and then return to run along Lung Wo Road, Hung Hing Road, Marsh Road, Lockhart
Road and Hennessey Road heading for the finishing point.
The
Wheelchair Trial and Leaders Cup will also start at Wan Chai Sports Ground and
route through Hung Hing Road and Marsh Road and then rejoin the 10-km
wheelchair race route heading for the finishing point.
All drivers are urged
to avoid driving to the affected areas this Sunday.
Meanwhile, a total of
211 daytime bus routes, 33 daytime green minibus routes, 49 overnight bus
routes, and six overnight green minibus routes will either be suspended, shortened
or diverted.
The road
closures will not affect vehicles
from Hong Kong Island/Kowloon/New Territories East heading for Hong Kong
International Airport and Lantau Island. Vehicles from the New Territories West
to the airport and Lantau Island could travel via Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Tunnel.
Due to
the closure of the Kowloon-bound carriageway of Ting Kau Bridge, vehicles
travelling via Tuen Mun Road or Tai Lam Tunnel to the airport and Lantau Island
will be diverted to use Tsuen Wan Road, Tsuen Tsing Interchange, Tsing Tsuen
Road, Tsing Tsuen Bridge and Tsing Yi North Coastal Road to enter Tsing Ma
Bridge.
Commuters headed towards
any of the affected areas are advised to take alternative routes or other modes
of transportation.
