Shanghai will block several major roads, close entrances to some
Metro stations and curtail mass transit service to keep parts of
the downtown clear this week for the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization Summit.
The main traffic control zones are the Bund, from 6-10 PM
Wednesday; People's Square, 6-11 PM Thursday; Pudong's Lujiazui, 4
AM -10 PM Wednesday and 7AM - 3 PM Thursday; and Century Plaza, 2-9
PM Thursday.
Traffic may blocked periodically during the two days on Century
Avenue, the Yan'an Road E. Tunnel, Yan'an Elevated Road and
neighboring streets.
Schedules will change for public buses and ferry boats traveling
within the affected areas. Details weren't provided.
The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel under the Huangpu River will be
closed both days.
Metro Line 1 will shut its No. 2 exit at the People's Square
Station at 4 PM Thursday.
Metro Line 2 will close its No. 2 and No. 3 exits at the Henan
Road M. Station at 6 PM Wednesday.
The Lujiazui Station will be closed from 2 PM Wednesday to 3 PM
Thursday.
The No. 1, 2, 7 and 8 exits at the Shanghai Technology and
Science Museum Station will be closed from 4 PM Wednesday to noon
Thursday. The station will be shut down from noon Thursday to the
end of the day.
The SCO's sixth annual summit takes place on Thursday.
Presidents of all member states -- China, Russia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- are scheduled to attend.
The presidents of SCO observer nations Mongolia, Pakistan, Iran and
Afghanistan will also be present. India, another SCO observer, will
send its minister of petroleum and natural gas to the summit.
City traffic authorities have set up a hotline, 962-000, for
further information.
(Shanghai Daily June 12, 2006)
