230 Land, Public Works and Utilities
Hong Kong's River Trade Terminal was built on reclamation in the southwest part of the new town and operates as a transit point for containers and bulk cargo shipped between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta ports. The adjacent reclamation is used for special industries and the completed Lung Fu Road (Foothill Bypass) caters for the increased traffic demand associated with the developments there.
The new town is served by a good external road network including Tuen Mun Road, Castle Peak Road and Yuen Long Highway. Rail links include the West Rail and the Light Rail.
Tai Po
Tai Po has grown from a small market town into a new town covering an area of about 2 509 hectares. The planned population of the new town is about 301 900..
The Pak Shek Kok development, which covers an area of 118 hectares north of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, includes a Science Park, housing, strategic recreation and tertiary education expansion. Reclamation has been completed and construction of the infrastructure work for the various phases of the Science Park is in progress.
The new town has a well-established external transport network consisting of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, Tolo Highway, Fanling Highway, Tai Po Road and Lam Kam Road. Improvement works of the entire length of the Ting Kok Road were completed in early 2005.
Fanling and Sheung Shui
Fanling and Sheung Shui are former traditional market towns which have become a single new town of about 780 hectares. The new town's planned population is 279 000.
Fanling and Sheung Shui are served by the East Rail and external road links to adjacent districts and beyond, including Fanling Highway, Fan Kam Road, Man Kam To Road and Sha Tau Kok Road.
The total development area is about 780 hectares. Major flood control projects for the River Indus have been completed.
Yuen Long
Yuen Long new town has a planned population of about 231 500. It covers an area of about 561 hectares.
The new town is served by the West Rail, the Light Rail and a good trunk road network system, including Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long Highway and Tsing Long Highway, which links with the adjacent districts and the urban areas beyond. To cope with future development in the southern part of Yuen Long, a new road network is being constructed.
The river training works on Kam Tin River and the Ngau Tam Mei Catchment have prevented flooding in the area while work on the San Tin Eastern Main
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