Chinese city orders cars off the road for G20 summit
‘Odd-even’ car plate restrictions to apply as Hangzhou prepares to host leaders of the world’s biggest economies
Trucks and tractors will be banned from the roads of Hangzhou and surrounding areas as the Zhejiang capital hosts the Group of 20 summit next month.
In a notice posted on its website on Sunday, the Zhejiang public security bureau said the restrictions would apply for 10 days from August 28 to September 6.
The limits include forcing half of the city’s cars off the roads from 2am to midnight each day, depending on their number plate. Cars with odd-numbered plates will be restricted to odd-numbered days, and those with even numbers to the remainder.
The odd-even restrictions will apply around the clock to all highways in Huzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing and Jinhua, as well as some highways in Ningbo.
All vehicles transporting “firearms and ammunition, civilian explosives, fireworks, highly toxic chemicals, and radioactive substances” will be banned from Zhejiang roads for the 10 days.