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Road. Construction started in June 2004 for substantial completion in early 2008.
Improvements to San Tin Interchange by providing traffic lanes to Lok Ma Chau Crossing from northbound San Tin Highway and westbound Fanling Highway to bypass the elevated roundabout of the interchange. Construction commenced in April for completion in March 2007.
Road Projects at the Planning Stage
A number of road construction/improvement projects are being planned to further expand and improve the existing road network:
the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Advance Work Coordination Group has substantially completed the feasibility study on the bridge, and is now deliberating its findings. An investigation and preliminary design study on the Hong Kong section of the bridge and the related connecting infrastructure is under way;
feasibility studies for Tuen Mun Eastern Bypass and Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link and Tuen Mun Western Bypass have started. The two projects were identified in the Northwest New Territories Traffic and Infrastructure Review 2004 as possible solutions to the long-term traffic demands in the Northwest New Territories and North Lantau;
reconstruction and improvement of Tuen Mun Road is scheduled to start in early 2007 for phased completion by the end of 2012. The project is to upgrade the dual three-lane carriageway of the expressway section. Design and site investigation works started in mid-2004.
planning of the Central-Wan Chai Bypass and the Island Eastern Corridor Link is under way. This dual three-lane carriageway aims to relieve traffic congestion along Connaught Road Central/Harcourt Road/Gloucester Road, which is the key east-west traffic route along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island linking the Central, Wan Chai and Causeway Bay areas.
a preliminary engineering review of the Central Kowloon Route and widening of Gascoigne Road Flyover started in October. The Central Kowloon Route will connect West Kowloon reclamation and the future Southeast Kowloon development. It includes a dual three-lane tunnel of about 3.8 kilometres. The project to widen Gascoigne Road Flyover is to upgrade the existing single two-lane carriageway to a dual two-lane carriageway.
Trunk Road T4: This proposed dual two-lane carriageway will connect Sha Tin Road with the future Trunk Road T3 and Shing Mun Tunnel Road, and will serve as a bypass to Tai Po Road (Sha Tin section) and other district distributor roads. Works is scheduled to start in 2007 for completion by 2010.