Shenzhen will ban dangerous goods transportation vehicles from the 16th ahead of the APEC summit

Asia-Pacific Economic CooperationAPEC ) The 33rd Informal Leaders’ Meeting will be held in Shenzhen, China on the 18th and 19th. Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a notice on the 3rd. Temporary traffic management measures for trucks will be implemented in certain areas and roads of the city from 16 to 20 November to ensure road traffic safety during the meeting. Dangerous goods transportation vehicles will be banned on all city roads, and small trucks and large trucks will also be banned according to different time periods and road sections.

Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau issued the “Notice on the Implementation of Temporary Traffic Management Measures for Trucks on Certain Areas and Roads in the City During the APEC Meeting” on the 3rd, and decided to implement temporary traffic management measures for trucks on certain areas and roads in the city.

The notice mentioned that from November 16 to 20, from 0:00 to 24:00 every day, dangerous goods transportation vehicles are prohibited from traveling on all roads in Shenzhen, including expressways. From 0:00 to 24:00 every day from November 17 to 18, large trucks are prohibited from entering the west-turn north ramp of Nanping Expressway on the east side of National Highway 107; From 8:00 to 20:00 every day, large trucks are also prohibited from entering Yueliangwan Avenue (the section north of Guangshen Yanjiang Expressway), Beihuan Avenue (the section west of Longzhu Interchange) and Tanglongshan Tunnel.

For small trucks, from 6:00 am to 22:00 pm every day from November 18 to 19, small trucks, except light and micro-engined trucks, are prohibited from traveling in Futian, Luohu and Nanshan districts. The restricted sections include Guangshen Yanjiang Expressway, Nanping Expressway (section west of National Highway 107), Guangzhou–Shenzhen Expressway, Nanguang Expressway, Meiguan Expressway, Qingping Expressway, Huishen Coastal Expressway, and Eastern Transit Expressway; Nanping Expressway (former section of National Highway 107) is not within the restricted area.

The Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau said that the banned small trucks can only pass through Dachanwan, Zixiang, Bao’an and other toll stations or related road exits, or turn around through roads such as Nanping Expressway; Large trucks can move through the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Coastal Expressway, Mawan Cross-Sea Channel and Nanping Expressway.

The notice pointed out that vehicles engaged in emergency supplies, medical supplies, fresh food transportation, engineering repair and municipal management, etc., which actually need to pass through restricted areas, road sections and time periods, can apply for a temporary pass through the “Shenzhen Traffic Police” WeChat official account or the “People’s Livelihood Police Platform” and pass according to the approved time and route. Working military vehicles, police vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances and engineering rescue vehicles are not subject to the above measures.

The notice also states that large trucks include heavy or medium trucks, tractors and special operations vehicles; Small trucks refers to light or mini trucks (except light and micro closed trucks); Dangerous goods transportation vehicles include trucks, special vehicles having the nature of “dangerous chemical transportation” and vehicles that transport substances or objects with hazardous characteristics such as explosive, flammable, poisonous, infectious, corrosive, radioactive, etc.

The Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau said violations of the notice will be punished by public security and traffic control departments in accordance with law. The above measures will be implemented from 16 to 20 November. Trucks and dangerous goods transport vehicles must also comply with Shenzhen’s existing relevant traffic restrictions.