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Transport

The Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point will connect with the Shenzhen Eastern Corridor, providing efficient access to eastern Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces via the Huiyan and Shenshan expressways. Upon its commissioning, travel between Hong Kong and eastern Shenzhen, eastern Guangdong and the nearby provinces will be shortened significantly, facilitating regional cooperation and development. Heung Yuen Wai Highway connects the new control point to Fanling Highway, whose majority section between Fanling Highway and Lin Ma Hang Road Interchange opened to the public on 26 May, bringing early improvement to local traffic. It provides residents living in the Sha Tau Kok, Ta Kwu Ling and Ping Che areas with a direct and convenient route to Fanling Highway, facilitating their access to Sheung Shui, Tai Po, Kowloon and other districts.

The widening of Fanling Highway between Tai Hang and Wo Hop Shek Interchange from a dual three-lane to a dual four-lane carriageway was commissioned in August.

The Central Kowloon Route is a 4.7km dual three-lane route with a 3.9km tunnel connecting West Kowloon to Kowloon Bay and the Kai Tak Development in East Kowloon. It is scheduled. for completion around 2025. Upon commissioning, peak-hour journeys between Yau Ma Tei and Kowloon Bay will take about five minutes, down from the current half an hour.

The Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel is to cope with traffic demand arising from further developments in Tseung Kwan O and Kwun Tong and ease the traffic load on the existing Tseung Kwan O Tunnel. It is a 3.8km dual two-lane highway with a 2.2km main tunnel connecting Tseung Kwan O with the Eastern Harbour Crossing and Cha Kwo Ling Road in Kwun Tong. It will provide an additional main connection between Tseung Kwan O and East Kowloon. Subject to review, the project is planned for completion in end-2021.

The Trunk Road T2 and Cha Kwo Ling Tunnel is a 3.4km dual two-lane trunk road with a 2.1km subsea tunnel passing under the seabed of Kwun Tong Typhoon Shelter. It will link up with the Central Kowloon Route on the west and the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel on the east, forming the strategic Route 6 to provide an express road link between Tseung Kwan O and Kowloon West. The entire Route 6 is expected to be commissioned around 2026.

The Cross Bay Link will connect the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel with Wan Po Road in Area 86 of Tseung Kwan O. It is a 1.8km dual two-lane carriageway with a 1km marine viaduct across Junk Bay, aimed at providing alternative access to the south-eastern part of Tseung Kwan O. Construction is scheduled for completion in 2022.

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 expected to be commissioned by end-2020. Stage 2 will cover the section between Marina Cove and Sai Kung Town Centre, and is under planning.

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 is slated for completion in the second half of 2023.

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