Investigation and Preliminary Design Commencement Date: 16 March 2009
Investigation and Preliminary Design Anticipated Completion Date: 2013
Project Objectives:
To cope with the growing traffic demand as TKO further develops and to provide necessary relief to the existing heavily trafficked TKO Tunnel. Together with other sections (Trunk Road T2 and Central Kowloon Route) of Route 6 to provide relief to the existing heavily trafficked road network in the central and eastern Kowloon areas and reduce the related environmental impacts on these areas.
Description:
The scope of TKO-LT Tunnel includes: -
- A dual-2 lane highway approximately 4.8 kilometers(km) long connecting TKO at Po Yap Road in the east with Trunk Road T2 in Kai Tak Development in the west. About 3 km of the highway is in the form of tunnel;
- A ventilation building, interchange and other tunnel portal facilities together with the associated reclamation in TKO;
- Slip roads and branch tunnels on Kowloon side for connectingTseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel and Trunk Road T2 to Eastern Harbour Crossing and Cha Kwo Ling Road; and
- The associated building, civil, structural, marine, electrical and mechanical, traffic control and surveillance system, landscaping, and environmental protection and mitigation works.
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