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Planning, Land and Infrastructure
Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point
The Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point is a cross-boundary infrastructural project carried out jointly by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government. It is designed to offer direct access by passengers and vehicles. Construction is progressing full steam ahead, aiming for completion in 2019. The connecting road, save for a short section solely for access to the new boundary crossing facility, will be opened to the public in the second quarter of 2019 so as to serve the local communities and relieve congestion along Sha Tau Kok Road.
Lok Ma Chau Loop
The 87-hectare Lok Ma Chau Loop Area will be developed into the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park. The Lok Ma Chau Loop Outline Zoning Plan was gazetted in February. Advance infrastructural works began in June, with the objective of providing the first batch of land parcels not later than 2021 for superstructure development of the park. Detailed design of the main infrastructural works also started in September.
Kai Tak
The Kai Tak Development, covering the former airport precinct and the adjoining areas, has a footprint of about 320 hectares and is a large-scale, highly complex urban development project under phased implementation.
In May, the Chief Executive in Council approved the amended Kai Tak Outline Zoning Plan, which increased residential and office gross floor areas by rezoning and raising building heights and plot ratios. As a result of the amendments, the total flat production and commercial floor space of the Kai Tak Development would increase to about 50,000 units and 2.28 million sq m.
A proposed environment-friendly linkage system for Kowloon East is being examined in a detailed feasibility study to enhance the area's transport connectivity and facilitate its transformation into a CBD2. Elevated modes of transport received general support in a public consultation conducted in 2017 as the most suitable green transport modes.
Wan Chai
The Wan Chai Development phase two project seeks to provide land for essential transport infrastructure, including the Central-Wan Chai Bypass. The reclaimed land will also provide for a harbourfront promenade running from Central to North Point. The section of Road P2 between Lung Wo Road and the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre as well as the associated roads were commissioned in June.
Tseung Kwan O
Tseung Kwan O area 137 is undergoing a planning and engineering study to examine the feasibility of using the site for housing, commercial and other purposes.
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