TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL BILL 1988

The Secretary for Transport moved the Second Reading

of 'A Bill to

Grant a franchise for the construction of a road tunnel through Tate's Cairn; for the payment of a royalty for such franchise; for the maintenance of the works to be constructed; for the payment of tolls to the franchise holder for the use by motor vehicles of the tunnel and the regulation of vehicular traffic in relation to such use; and for matters ancillary thereto and connected therewith.

He said: sir,<

I move that the Tate's Cairn Tunnel Bill 1988 be

read the second time.

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Tate's Cairn Tunnel will form a vital new link

between the fast developing North-East New Territories and urban Kowloon and will bring long-term relief to traffic

It will stretch from Siu congestion at Lion Rock Tunnel.

Lik Yuen in Sha Tin to Diamond Hill in Kowloon.

so far

length is 3.9 km, the longest in Hong Kong.

Its

It will also

form part of a greater network linking the Eastern Harbour Crossing which is now under construction all the way to

Tolo Highway. While this $2 billion project will be

undertaken by the private sector, Government will simultaneously construct the other parts of this greater

network. These include, on the Kowloon side, the Kwun

Tong Bypass and the Prince Edward Road Interchange and, on the Sha Tin side, a new bridge across Shing Mun River, the T5 Highway and the approach roads to the northern portal

of the tunnel.

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