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It is proposed to double its size to increase its capacity to hold 120 goods vehicles.

The expansion will help cope with the growth in China bound vehicles on Sha Tau Kok Road and minimise interference to other road users on the road as a result of the recent commissioning of Yantian Port Phase I and the scheduled completion of Phase II in late 1996.

Sha Tau Kok control point currently handles about 2,000 cross border vehicles each day and the northbound vehicle holding area is already saturated with the current demand.

The proposed expansion will involve:

realignment of an existing village road and footpaths;

widening of a section of about 80 metres of Sha Ho Road at the exit of the expanded vehicle holding area;

extension of an existing pedestrian subway across Sha Ho Road; and

construction of associated slope work, footpaths, drainage and landscaping works.

A notice of the proposed works was published in the Government Gazette today (Friday).

A plan showing the extent of the proposed works together with a scheme description can be seen at the following government offices:

Public Enquiry Services Centre,

Central and Western District Office,

ground floor, Harbour Building,

38 Pier Road, Central,

Hong Kong.

District Lands Office, North,

Sixth floor, North District Government Offices,

3 Pik Fung Road, Fanling,

New Territories; and