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Mr President,
The concept of park-and-ride is to encourage car owners to use trains to continue their journeys into the urban area, thus relieving pressure on the road system. I am pleased to be able to assure Hon Members that the Administration is actively examining how park-and-ride facilities can be provided. Indeed during our recent consultation exercise on measures to address traffic congestion, there was public support for the provision of more parking facilities in the vicinity of railway stations, in the New Territories.
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A start has already been made. I have agreed to earmark $60 million as the Government contribution towards a MTRC proposal to develop à transport interchange at Choi Hung MTR Station, which will incorporate park-and-ride facilities. This will involve the redevelopment of the existing Ping Shek Estate Bus Terminus into a modern transport interchange. The redevelopment proposal will soon be put to the Town Planning Board. Thereafter, Finance Committee will be invited to approve the Government's contribution for this scheme.
Mr President, I can also assure Hon Members that very careful consideration will be given to incorporating park-and-ride facilities at or near some stations along the 3 priority railway systems announced in the Railway Development Strategy. For example, MTRC will examine the feasibility of park-and-ride facilities at Tseung Kwan O as part of the proposed MTR extension. I shall, likewise, ask the KCRC to see whether such facilities can be provided as part of the Western Corridor Railway project and the Administration will also bear this in mind for the proposed Ma On Shan-Tai Wai, line.
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