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

widening of Tai Po Road to three lanes by the end of 1989 will

relieve substantially traffic congestion in the corridor.

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It

is estimated that about 10 of vehicles in the corridor will

use Route 5 for trips to Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung. The

additional lane on Tai Po Road will provide an extra capacity

for 1,500 vehicles per hour and should significantly improve

southbound traffic. Finally, the completion of road T6 across

the Shing Mun River linking Tolo Highway with Ma On Shan Road

in 1990 will provide a shorter route before the opening of

Tate's Cairn Tunnel from Tolo Highway to Kowloon via the Ma On

Shan Nai Chung link road which I mentioned earlier.

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Apart from these highway projects costing over

$3 billion, a consultancy study is being carried out to

G consider short term traffic management measures. The first

part of the study has been completed and established the

effectiveness of the tidal flow scheme and the use of traffic

signals to improve traffic flow through the Lion Rock Tunnel.

These have been implemented on weekdays since mid-January and

bu cent have resulted in an 11 increase in tunnel capacity in the

morning peak hours. The second and final part of the study

including other improvement measures will be completed in

April.