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B.

PADS Projects

SCOPE

1.

a.

2.

b.

c.

Construct the Route Three Country Park Sector as a dual three lane expressway including 3.5 km of bored tunnel and 6.5 km of roadway on embankment. This would connect to the completed section of the NT Circular Road (Au Tan to Lok Ma Chau) to provide access to the Chinese border.

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Widen and extend the existing Tuen Mun Road and Castle Peak Road on viaduct to a dual 2 lane carriageway for seven kilometres from Tuen Mun to the proposed new port developments

Castle Peak/Tuen Mun

area.

in the

Construct a rail link From Ting Kau to Yuen Long.

PHASING

a. The Country Park Road sector is required by

the late 1990's.

b.

c.

The extension and widening of the road access to the new port developments will be required to service those facilities.

The rail link will not be needed until beyond the year 2000.

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