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an additional external land route to be built to connect Tseung Kwan O to Kowloon. The Cross Bay Link as it is called is expected to relieve the anticipated traffic congestion at the Tseung Kwan O town centre. The Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel is a dual two-lane carriageway of about 3 kilometres in length. It will connect Tseung Kwan O to Trunk Road T2 at Cha Kwo Ling. The Cross Bay Link is a dual two-lane carriageway that will link the two parts of Junk Bay.
• Fanling Highway: a detailed design for the widening of Fanling Highway between Tai Hang and the Wo Hop Shek Interchange is being prepared. This section of the Fanling Highway will be widened to turn the dual three-lane carriageway there into a dual four-lane carriageway with hard shoulders.
• Trunk Road T4: is a dual two-lane carriageway that will connect Sha Tin Road to Trunk Road T3 and Shing Mun Tunnel Road, to be used as a bypass to Tai Po Road (Sha Tin Section) and other distributor roads originating from Sha Tin Town Centre. After opening the whole of Route 8 at end of 2009, the Government started monitoring Sha Tin District's traffic conditions to draw up a programme to cater to the long-term traffic flow there.
• Hiram's Highway: improvements to the highway will be carried out in two stages: Stage 1 covers the section between Hiram's Villas and Marina Cove and Stage 2 covers the area between Marina Cove and Sai Kung Town Centre. The road alignment plan formulated under Stage 1 has been finalised. For Stage 2, a study is under way to explore options for improving road safety and tackling traffic congestion with as little damage to the environment as possible.
• Bus-Bus Interchanges: a detailed design for bus-bus interchanges along Tuen Mun Road in Siu Lam is being created. This project calls for two bus-bus Interchanges to be built - one for Tuen Mun bound buses and the other for Kowloon bound buses plying Tuen Mun Road. Construction is scheduled to start in mid-2010 for completion by 2013.
Tsing Ma Control Area
The Tsing Ma Control Area is a 21-kilometre expressway network comprising Tsing Kwai Highway, Cheung Tsing Tunnel, Cheung Tsing Highway, the North-West Tsing Yi Interchange, Tsing Yi North Coastal Road, Lantau Link, Ting Kau Bridge, part of the North Lantau Highway and Ma Wan Road. The control area is managed by a private contractor.
The Lantau Link imposes a 'one-way' toll which means that vehicles travelling to Lantau on a return trip makes only one payment covering the journey to and from Lantau or Ma Wan. The double toll ranges from $20 to $80 for different types of vehicles. An average of 54 947 vehicles per day used the Lantau Link in 2009.
Tsing Sha Control Area
The Tsing Sha Control Area connects the Tsing Ma Control Area in the west to Tai Po Road in Sha Tin. It covers a 13-kilometre Tsing Sha Highway connecting Sha
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