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Question No. 9

Question by Hon Peter Poon

in Legislative Council on 14.1.1987

Question : Will Government inform this Council of its

forecast of traffic growth in the next five years and what steps the Government is taking to cater for this growth?

Secretary for Transport

Sir,

The overall traffic growth in the Territory over

the next 5 years is estimated to be about 5% per annum,

with higher growth rate forecast for goods vehicle trips

and lower growth for private vehicle trips.

To cope with this and anticipated traffic growth

beyond the next 5 years, the construction of a number of

major highway infrastructure projects has either started

or is at the detailed planning stage. These include,

Route 5 from Sha Tin to Tsuen Wan, the completion of the

N.T. Circular Road in the Western New Territories, the

remaining section of the Island Eastern Corridor, the

Eastern Harbour Crossing, Princess Margaret Road Flyover

improvement, Connaught Road, upgrading and dualling, and

Tate's Cairn Tunnel. The estimated cost of providing new

roads in the next few years is in the order of $2 billion

per annum.