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Transport

The Hiram's Highway improvement stage 1 project, under which the single carriageway is widened to a dual two-lane carriageway at the section between Hiram's Villa and Marina Cove, is due to be completed in end-2020.

The dual two-lane Tai Po Road (Sha Tin Section) between Sha Tin Plaza near Sha Tin Rural Committee Road and Man Wo House of Wo Che Estate near Fo Tan Road is being widened to a dual three-lane carriageway. Construction began in 2018 for completion in the second half of 2023.

Planned Projects

The Trunk Road T2 and Cha Kwo Ling Tunnel project is a proposed dual two-lane carriageway of about 3.4km long, including 3.1km of tunnels running through Kwun Tong Typhoon Shelter and adjoining areas. It forms the middle section of the strategic Route 6, connecting the Central Kowloon Route to the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel. Detailed design is at an advanced stage.

The government is carrying out a further investigation study to ascertain the feasibility of the Tuen Mun Western Bypass.

The Hiram's Highway improvement stage 2 project will cover the section between Marina Cove and Sai Kung Town Centre. Planning is under way.

The proposed Trunk Road T4 is a dual two-lane carriageway that will connect Sha Tin Road to Tsing Sha Highway and Shing Mun Tunnel Road, and will become a bypass to Tai Po Road (Sha Tin Section) to cater for long-term traffic flow in Sha Tin. An investigation study is ongoing.

The single-lane Lin Ma Hang Road is proposed to be widened to a single two-lane carriageway between Ping Yuen River and Ping Che Road (Western Section), and between Tsung Yuen Ha and Lin Ma Hang (Eastern Section). Detailed design for the Western Section was substantially completed in 2018 and an environmental impact assessment for the Eastern Section is in

progress.

The government began a feasibility study in 2018 to establish the technical feasibility and scope of Route 11, which will link up Yuen Long and North Lantau, to meet traffic demand arising from developments in the north-western New Territories.

Buses

Franchised Buses

Franchised buses are the largest road-based carriers, accounting for 31.5 per cent of total daily public transport volume. Bus services in Kowloon and the New Territories are largely provided by the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) (KMB). At the year end, KMB was operating 346 bus routes in Kowloon and the New Territories and 64 cross-harbour routes, 51 of which were run jointly with another operator. KMB had a licensed fleet of 4,094 buses, all of which were wheelchair-accessible low-floor vehicles. It recorded an average of 2.8 million passenger trips per day in 2018.

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