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Final report on new airport transport study released
Consultants appointed by the Transport Department have completed their final report on the Transport Study for the New Airport (TRANSNA), a spokesman for the department said today (Monday).
Commissioned in June 1995, the study aimed to develop a strategy for the provision of a wide choice of public transport mode to the new airport and Lantau from 1997 and onwards.
Recommendations were made after extensive public consultation on its preliminary proposals. Those consulted include the Transport Panel of Legislative Council, Transport Advisory Committee, all district boards' traffic and transport committees, major airport users and public transport operators.
In general, the study recommended a wide range of public transport services, in addition to the Airport Railway (AR), to serve the new airport at Chek Lap Kok (CLK) and Tung Chung New Town.
These services included airbuses, conventional buses, high-speed ferries, taxis and green minibuses, the spokesman said,
The study also proposes to strengthen the existing bus services operated by the New Lantao Bus Company (NLB) on South Lantau and feeder bus services to AR stations in the urban area by existing franchised bus operators through extending, modifying and supplementing current bus routings.
On taxi service, the study recommends that upon the opening of the new airport, urban, Lantau and New Territories taxis can go directly to the Ground Transportation Centre (GTC) of the new airport.
To attract taxis to the new airport, it is proposed that taxi drivers will be allowed to charge passengers a double toll for the use of Lantau Link in both directions.
Subject to the availability of pier facilities, a licensed high-speed ferry service between CLK and Tuen Mun is recommended.
Recommendations are also made to allow Green minibuses to serve AR stations through the introduction of new routes and modification of existing services.
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