Question No. 9
Question by Hon Peter Poon
in Legislative Council on 14.1.1987
Question : Will Government inform this Council of its
forecast of traffic growth in the next five years and what steps the Government is taking to cater for this growth?
Secretary for Transport
Sir,
The overall traffic growth in the Territory over
the next 5 years is estimated to be about 5% per annum,
with higher growth rate forecast for goods vehicle trips
and lower growth for private vehicle trips.
To cope with this and anticipated traffic growth
beyond the next 5 years, the construction of a number of
major highway infrastructure projects has either started
or is at the detailed planning stage. These include,
Route 5 from Sha Tin to Tsuen Wan, the completion of the
N.T. Circular Road in the Western New Territories, the
remaining section of the Island Eastern Corridor, the
Eastern Harbour Crossing, Princess Margaret Road Flyover
improvement, Connaught Road, upgrading and dualling, and
Tate's Cairn Tunnel. The estimated cost of providing new
roads in the next few years is in the order of $2 billion
per annum.