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Line which is already congested.
iii. Increases road congestion in the Kwai Chung and
Tsuen Wan central areas.
iv.
v.
Increases the commuter trip length from Kowloon
to Lantau as against the PADS projects.
of
the
It does not provide for distribution
Western Harbour Crossing traffic in the Kowloon
area. The Argyle St. connection will not be
satisfactory as the street is operating over
capacity now and it would be difficult, if not
impossible, to
corridor.
provide
expansion in that
vi. The East Kowloon MTR Line with its connection to
the KCR will not divert sufficient patronage from
the MTR Nathan Rd. corridor to satisfy long term
demand. A parallel north-south MTR line would be
required in the future.
vii. The traffic
service to the NWNT and a road
connection to the border by way of Tuen Mun
results in a doubling of the trip length from
Sham Tseng to Lok Ma Chau compared with the
planned Route Three Country Park segment.