ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE (Chapter  374)

Temporary Speed Limit on North Lantau Highway, Lantau Island

        In exercise of the powers vested in me under section 40(2)(a) of the Road Traffic Ordinance, Chapter 374, I hereby direct that with effect from 0.01 a.m. on 10 April 2018 to 11.59 p.m. on 28 June 2018, the following road sections will be temporarily subject to a speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour in order to facilitate the construction of Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link Southern Connection Viaduct Section:-

(a) the section of eastbound carriageway of North Lantau Highway from a point about 300 metres east of its junction with Airport Road to a point about 3,500 metres east of the same junction; and

(b) the section of westbound carriageway of North Lantau Highway from a point about 3,500 metres east of its junction with Airport Road to a point about 2,500 metres east of the same junction.

        Appropriate traffic signs will be erected on site to guide motorists.

        At the same time, the existing speed limit of 110 kilometres per hour on the above road sections will be temporarily rescinded.

CHAN Mabel Commissioner for Transport