14
Transport
boundary coaches or local public transport services where available. About 130 companies operate cross-boundary coach services, carrying an average of about 66,400 passengers a day. There is also a shuttle bus service plying between the public transport interchange at San Tin and Huanggang Port in Shenzhen via the Lok Ma Chau Control Point, carrying a daily average of 23,700 passengers. Travellers at Shenzhen Bay Port may use the local public transport services there, and these carry an average of 78,300 passengers a day.
Projects under Construction
The Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link (CWB), forming part of the east- west strategic route along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, are being constructed to alleviate traffic congestion at Connaught Road Central/Harcourt Road/Gloucester Road and to cater for anticipated growth in road traffic. The CWB is a 4.5km dual three-lane trunk road with a 3.7km tunnel. When completed, it will take about five minutes to travel from Central to the Island Eastern Corridor in North Point.
The Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point is being constructed to connect with the Shenzhen Eastern Corridor and provide efficient access to eastern Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces via the Huiyan and Shenshan Expressways. Upon commissioning of the new control point around end-2018, it will significantly shorten the travelling time between Hong Kong and Shenzhen and the nearby provinces and greatly facilitate future regional cooperation and development. Besides, residents in Sha Tau Kok, Ta Kwu Ling and Ping Che would save travelling time by using the new road connecting the new Boundary Control Point to the Fanling Highway.
The Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel is being constructed to cope with traffic demand arising from further developments in Tseung Kwan O and Kwun Tong district and to ease the traffic load on the existing Tseung Kwan O Tunnel. It is a 4.2km dual two-lane highway with a 2.2km main tunnel connecting Tseung Kwan O with the Eastern Harbour Crossing and Cha Kwo Ling Road in Kwun Tong. It will provide an additional main connection between Tseung Kwan O and East Kowloon, and will link up with the proposed Trunk Road T2 in Kai Tak and the proposed Central Kowloon Route to form Route 6 in the strategic road network and to provide an express road link between Kowloon West and Tseung Kwan O. Construction works began in July. Upon completion, the travelling distance between Tiu Keng Leng and the Eastern Harbour Crossing will shorten to about 4.2km.
The dual three-lane Fanling Highway between Tai Hang and Wo Hop Shek Interchange is being widened to a dual four-lane carriageway. Construction works began in 2013.
Works continued in respect of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), including the Main Bridge within Mainland waters and local works in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Reclamation works for the HZMB Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) and the Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link southern landfall, located in the northeast waters of the airport, started in 2011. Construction works for superstructures of the HKBCF started in 2014.
210