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Transport

options for tackling traffic congestion with as little adverse impact on the environment as possible.

Tsing Ma Control Area

The Tsing Ma Control Area, managed by a private contractor, 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 Lantau Link imposes a 'one-way' toll ranging from $20 to $80 for different types of vehicles. Vehicles travelling to Lantau on a return trip make only one payment for the journey to and from Lantau or Ma Wan. An average of 68,686 vehicles per day used the Lantau Link in 2012.

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 Tin, West Kowloon and Tsing Yi. In 2012, an average of 39,569 vehicles used this road each day.

The control area is connected to Sha Tin by a series of three tolled tunnels: the Eagle's Nest Tunnel, Sha Tin Heights Tunnel and Tai Wai Tunnel. All classes of vehicles using these tunnels pay an $8 toll. The area's other tunnel is the toll-free Nam Wan Tunnel located in Tsing Yi. The 1.6-kilometre toll-free Stonecutters Bridge, spanning the Rambler Channel, connects Stonecutters Island to Tsing Yi.

Universal Accessibility - Provision of Barrier-free Access Facilities

The Government's new policy on 'universal accessibility', announced in August 2012, aims at expanding the original scope of the programme to retrofit lifts to existing public walkways (ie footbridges, elevated walkways and subways) maintained by the Highways Department. The Government plans to seek funding approval from the Legislative Council to create a dedicated block vote to implement the new policy. Between August and October, members of the public were invited to suggest locations for retrofitting lifts and the District Councils will be consulted on the priority for implementation of the public's proposals.

Public Transport

Hong Kong's transport system is modern, efficient and provides affordable, comfortable and safe travel on a wide choice of carriers.

Railways

Hong Kong's railways are run by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), a public listed company of which the Government is the majority shareholder.

The MTR system comprises:

⚫ the Kwun Tong Line (Tiu Keng Leng - Yau Ma Tei);

⚫ the Tsuen Wan Line (Tsuen Wan - Central);

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