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Transport

Kowloon Route to the proposed Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel. Detailed design is ongoing.

• Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel: Detailed design has commenced for the proposed Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel, a dual two-lane carriageway of 4.2 kilometres with a 2.6-kilometre tunnel. It will connect Tseung Kwan O to Trunk Road T2 in the Kai Tak Development.

• Cross Bay Link: Detailed design has commenced for the Cross Bay Link, which is a dual two-lane carriageway of 1.8 kilometres with a 1.1-kilometre viaduct, connecting Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel to Wan Po Road near Area 86, Tseung Kwan O.

• Tai Po Road (Sha Tin Section): An investigation study on widening the Tai Po Road between Sha Tin Rural Committee Road and Fo Tan Road from dual two-lane to dual three-lane commenced in March 2013 and is under way.

• Hiram's Highway: It is planned to carry out the proposed improvement works 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. While the road scheme under Stage 1 has been finalised, a study to identify an acceptable road alignment plan for Stage 2 is under way.

The proposed Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point (BCP) will connect with the Shenzhen Eastern Corridor and provide an efficient access to eastern Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi Provinces via the Shenzhen-Huizhou and Shenzhen-Shantou Expressways. Upon commissioning of the new BCP, it will significantly shorten the travelling time between Hong Kong and Shenzhen and the nearby provinces and greatly facilitate future regional co- operation and development. It will also help redistribute the cross-boundary traffic between the existing Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok boundary crossings in the eastern part of the New Territories.

Buses

Franchised Buses

Franchised buses are the largest road-based carriers and account for 31 per cent of the total daily public transport volume. Bus services in Kowloon and the New Territories are largely provided by The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB). At year-end, KMB was operating 309 bus routes in Kowloon and the New Territories and 61 cross-harbour routes (51 of which were run jointly with another operator). KMB had a licensed fleet of 3,852 buses, of which 2,988 were wheelchair-accessible low-floor vehicles. KMB recorded 955 million passenger trips in 2014 (a daily average of 2.62 million passenger trips) covering 284.73 million kilometres of roads.

Bus services on Hong Kong Island are mainly provided by New World First Bus Services Limited (NWFB) and Citybus Limited (CTB). At year-end, NWFB was operating 47 bus routes on Hong Kong Island, eight in Kowloon and Tseung Kwan O and 34 cross-harbour routes, 29 of which

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