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Transport
public transport, which carried an average of 83,800, 80,400 and 95,200 passengers a day respectively. About 130 companies operate the cross-boundary coaches. Mainland-bound travellers can take local public transport to Hong Kong Port and Shenzhen Port; at Hong Kong Port, they have to switch to a shuttle bus to reach the Mainland control point, while at Shenzhen Port, they pass through the passenger clearance building on foot from Hong Kong to Shenzhen.
Projects under Construction
The Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link, forming part of the east-west. strategic route along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, aims to alleviate traffic congestion at Connaught Road Central/Harcourt Road/Gloucester Road and to cater for anticipated growth in road traffic. It is a 4.5km dual three-lane trunk road with a 3.7km tunnel. The project will be commissioned on 20 January 2019, shortening the travel between Central and North Point to a five-minute ride.
The Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point will connect with the Shenzhen Eastern Corridor in order to provide efficient access to eastern Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces via the Huiyan and Shenshan expressways. Upon its commissioning, travel between Hong Kong and eastern Shenzhen, eastern Guangdong and the nearby provinces will be shortened significantly, greatly facilitating regional cooperation and development. Residents in Sha Tau Kok, Ta Kwu Ling and Ping Che will also save on travelling time by using a new road connecting the new control point to Fanling Highway. In end-December, the Sha Tau Kok Road Interchange and Ping Yeung Interchange were open for public use.
The Central Kowloon Route is a 4.7km dual three-lane route with a 3.9km tunnel connecting West Kowloon to Kowloon Bay and the Kai Tak Development in East Kowloon. It is scheduled for completion in 2025. Upon commissioning of the Central Kowloon Route, peak-hour journeys between Yau Ma Tei and Kowloon Bay will take around five minutes, down from the current half an hour.
The Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel is to cope with traffic demand arising from further developments in Tseung Kwan O and Kwun Tong 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 and Cha Kwo Ling Tunnel and the Central Kowloon Route to form Route 6 in the strategic road network and to provide an express road link between Tseung Kwan O and Kowloon West. Construction is scheduled to end in 2021.
The Cross Bay Link, Tseung Kwan O, will connect the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel, which is under construction, with Wan Po Road in Area 86 of Tseung Kwan O. It is a 1.8km dual two-lane carriageway with a 1km marine viaduct across Junk Bay, which provides alternative access to the south-eastern part of Tseung Kwan O. Construction is slated for completion in 2022.
The dual three-lane Fanling Highway between Tai Hang and Wo Hop Shek Interchange is being widened to a dual four-lane carriageway. Construction is to be completed in 2019.
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