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bound buses plying Tuen Mun Road. Construction commenced in July 2010 for completion in 2013.
• Reclamation works for the HZMB Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) and the Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL) southern landfall, an artificial island of about 150 hectares in the northeast waters of the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), commenced in late 2011. These works are expected to be completed in 2016 to dovetail with the commissioning of the
HZMB.
Road Projects in the Planning Stage
A number of road construction and improvement projects are being planned to enhance Hong Kong's existing road network:
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• The TM-CLKL and Tuen Mun Western Bypass will together form approximately 18-kilometre-long dual two-lane road to connect the Northwest New Territories to the HZMB HKBCF, HKIA and Lantau. The new road will also provide an alternative route to the airport.
• The Hong Kong Link Road, a 12-kilometre dual three-lane highway, comprising sections of a sea viaduct tunnel and at-grade road, will connect the HZMB Main Bridge to the HZMB HKBCF. The project's preliminary design. has been completed and construction will start in 2012 to dovetail with the commissioning of the HZMB in 2016.
• The Central-Kowloon Route: a detailed design for a proposed 4.7-kilometre- long dual three-lane route, with 3.9 kilometres of tunnel connecting West Kowloon to the proposed Kai Tak Development and the road network in Kowloon Bay started in mid-2011.
• Trunk Road T2: preliminary design for the project is ongoing. The proposed trunk road is a 3.6-kilometre-long dual two-lane carriageway. It will connect the Central-Kowloon Route from the Kai Tak Development to the proposed Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel.
• The Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel and the Cross Bay Link: work on a preliminary design for this project is continuing. The plan is for an additional external land route to be built to connect Tseung Kwan O to Kowloon. The Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel is a dual two-lane carriageway of about four kilometres long. It will connect Tseung Kwan O to Trunk Road T2 at Cha Kwo Ling. The Cross Bay Link is a dual two-lane carriageway that will link the two sides of Junk Bay.
Fanling Highway: a detailed design for the widening of Fanling Highway between Tai Hang and the Wo Hop Shek Interchange is being prepared. This section of the Fanling Highway will be widened to turn the dual three-lane carriageway there into a dual four-lane carriageway with hard shoulders.
• Trunk Road T4: is a dual two-lane carriageway that will connect Sha Tin Road to Trunk Road T3 and Shing Mun Tunnel Road, to be used as a bypass to Tai