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Further improvements to Tuen Mun traffic arrangements
A series of new arrangements will be made to further improve traffic and public transport services for Tuen Mun and Yuen Long, a Transport Department spokesman said today(Tuesday).
The cycle track along the Sheung Shui-bound San Tin Highway from Au Tau Roundabout to Sha Po Roundabout has been temporarily converted to a traffic lane and will be open tomorrow from 7 am for private cars and taxis only heading for Sheung Shui to further improve traffic flow.
Efforts are being made to widen the section of San Tin Highway Sheung Shui- bound from Fung Kat Heung to Lok Ma Chau. This will provide an additional lane, though temporarily, to help ease the traffic and enable three-lane traffic all the way from Au Tau to Lok Ma Chau.
Works will be carried out immediately for completion within this week.
To encourage more commuters to use the Tuen Mun-Tsuen Wan ferry service, the adult fare for this service will be reduced from $10 to $8 and from $5 to $4 for children with effect from tomorrow (Wednesday).
A contingency measure has also been drawn up by the depament to alleviate the pressure on the single lane open for NT-bound traffic on the Tuen Mun Road between Sham Tseng and Siu Lam.
Existing traffic arrangement for Tuen Mun Road and Tuen Mun Town Centre will continue.
Under the scheme, the Kowloon-bound lane on the New Territories-bound carriageway between Siu Lam and a point outside Hong Kong Garden, which is currently being used as a prohibited zone except buses and light buses, will be reverted back to NT-bound.
This will give two lanes NT-bound between Sham Tseng and Siu Lam. The scheme will be easy to convert back to contra flow traffic in the later period or before the morning peak hours.
The measure will be implemented only if traffic approaching Sham Tseng is so heavy as to threaten traffic circulation in the Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung area.