Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2018-19 Reply Serial No. TH B( T) 26 3 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY (Question Serial No. 6090) Head: (60) Highways Department Subhead (No. & title): (-) Not Specified Programme: (1) Capital Projects Controlling Officer: Director of Highways (Daniel K W CHUNG) Director of Bureau: Secretary for Transport and Housing Question: Regarding the statement under the Programme of expanding and improving the road network in order to meet the growth in traffic demand, serving new development areas and facilitating the movement of people and goods both within the territory and across the boundary in accordance with approved programmes, please advise this Committee on: (1) the road network with expansion and improvement completed in each year over the past three financial years in table form, including the names of roads involved, the total traffic capacity increased, the total road length increased, the expenditure involved for expansion and improvement of road network (covering the total number of construction workers engaged); (2) the road network with expansion and improvement planned for the coming financial years, including the names of roads involved, the total traffic capacity increased, the road length increased, the expenditure involved for expansion and improvement of road network (covering the total number of construction workers engaged). Asked by: Hon LUK Chung-hung (Member Question No. (LegCo use): 56) Reply: (1) The titles of the projects completed in financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 including the names of related roads, the estimated increase in traffic capacity for the road project or the estimated pedestrian usage for the pedestrian link project, the length of road or pedestrian link involved in expansion and improvement, the approved project estimates, and the estimated job creation for labourers are listed in the following table – S essi o n 9 T H B( T ) - Pag e 74 2 Estimated Length of increase in road / Estimated Approved Completion traffic pedestrian job Project of works in Names of capacity / link involved creation Project Title Estimate Financial related roads estimated in expansion / for ($ million) Year pedestrian improvement labourers usage (metre) Provision of barrier-free access Retrofitting of N/A N/A 2,443.3 1 668 Different facilities at public footbridges, lifts/ramps at 46 (Note 2) (Note 2) completion elevated walkways and footbridges, 27 dates for subways under the Universal subways and different Accessibility (UA) Programme three elevated items (Note 1) walkways in (Note 1) Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories completed since 2013 Improvement of Kam Pok Kam Pok Road N/A 380 19.96 26 2015-16 Road - Man Yuen Chuen – Man Yuen (Note 3) (length of road Section Chuen Section, widening) Yuen Long Proposed Vehicular Bridge Kiu Hing Road, N/A 12 19.9 23 2015-16 Across the Nullah at Kiu Hing Yuen Long (Note 4) Road near Wong Nai Tun, Yuen Long Improvement to Pok Oi Yuen Long 1 000 vehicles 1 250 264.8 109 2016-17 Interchange Highway per hour Extension of the CITIC tower Footbridge N/A 19 33.9 (latest 20 2015-16 Footbridge to LegCo Complex connecting (Note 5) estimated at Tamar LegCo Complex cost) (for the footbridge portion) Kwun Tong Line Extension – Pedestrian link 11 100 190 (roads) 826.9 265 2016-17 essential public infrastructure system and pedestrians per and 1 000 works transport links hour (pedestrian connecting to links) Ho Man Tin MTR Station South Island Line (East) Pedestrian link 7 860 1 560 1,213.2 295 2016-17 (SIL(E)) – essential public system and pedestrians per (roads) and 1 infrastructure works transport links hour 030 connecting to (pedestrian SIL(E) stations links) and improvement to roads in the vicinity Pedestrian Link between Tsing Near Tsing Yi N/A 40 19.97 23 2016-17 Yi North Bridge and Tsing Yi North Bridge (Note 6) Station Provision of Coach Lay-by at Tai Mong Tsai N/A 66 (length of 19.6 22 2016-17 Moving Memorial to War Road, Sai Kung (Note 7) coach lay-by) Martyrs, Tai Mong Tsai Road, Sai Kung Shatin to Central Link – Tsz Wan Shan 2 000 550 608.0 43 2017-18 construction of non-railway Pedestrian Links pedestrian (Note 8) works (Tsz Wan Shan trips per Pedestrian Links) hour in peak hours S essi o n 9 T H B( T ) - Pag e 74 3 Estimated Length of increase in road / Estimated Approved Completion traffic pedestrian job Project of works in Names of capacity / link involved creation Project Title Estimate Financial related roads estimated in expansion / for ($ million) Year pedestrian improvement labourers usage (metre) Public Transport Interchange Container Port N/A N/A 72.7 41 2017-18 at Container Port Road and Road, Kwai Junction Improvement Works Chung along Kwai Chung Road – Kwai Chung Notes: 1. There are 250 retrofitting items under the UA Programme. As at 28 February 2018, 76 items were completed since 2013, whilst 114 items and 60 items were under construction and design/ investigation respectively. 2. The approved project estimates and estimated job creations refer to those 76 items completed since 2013. 3. The project mainly involves the re-construction and upgrading of an existing road to meet current standards. 4. The project aims to provide another vehicular link across the existing nullah at Kiu Hing Road to ease traffic congestion. 5. The project aims to extend the existing CITIC Tower footbridge to Legislative Council Complex in order to provide a direct, elevated, separate and covered access route between Legislative Council Complex and Admiralty. 6. The project aims to provide a connection between Tsing Yi North Bridge and Tsing Yi Station for the convenience of pedestrians. 7. The project aims to provide a coach lay-by for loading/unloading of passengers at the Moving Memorial to War Martyrs. 8. The estimate for Tsz Wan Shan Pedestrian Links under ‘Shatin to Central Link – construction of non-railway works’ is the awarded contract sum of MTR Contract No. 1114 – Pedestrian Links at Tsz Wan Shan. (2) The titles of the projects planned for expansion and improvement of the road networks in 2018-19 including the names of related roads, the estimated increase in traffic capacity for the road project or the estimated pedestrian usage for the pedestrian link project, the length of road or pedestrian link involved in expansion and improvement, the approved project estimates or the estimated project costs, and the estimated job creation for labourers are listed in the following table ­ Estimated Length of Approved increase in road / Project traffic pedestrian Estimated job Estimate or Names of related capacity / link involved creation for Project Title Estimated roads estimated in expansion / labourers Project Cost pedestrian improvement ($ million) usage (metre) Retrofitting of Noise Barriers on Tuen Mun Road N/A N/A 826.5 233 Tuen Mun Road (Town Centre Section) S essi o n 9 T H B( T ) - Pag e 74 4 Estimated Length of Approved increase in road / Project traffic pedestrian Estimated job Estimate or Names of related capacity / link involved creation for Project Title Estimated roads estimated in expansion / labourers Project Cost pedestrian improvement ($ million) usage (metre) Retrofitting of Noise Barriers on Tuen Mun Road N/A N/A 786.2 250 Tuen Mun Road (Fu Tei Section) Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Central – Wan Chai 9 400 4 500 36,038.9 5 225 Island Eastern Corridor Link Bypass vehicles per hour Widening of Tolo Highway / Fanling Highway 3 200 About 3 000 4,320.0 805 Fanling Highway between Island (between Tai Hang and vehicles per (length of road House Interchange and Fanling – Wo Hop Shek hour widening) Stage 2 Interchange) Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road, 4 700 12 000 25,047.2 3 720 – Hong Kong Link Road Hong Kong­ vehicles per Zhuhai-Macao Bridge hour Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link – Tuen Mun-Chek Lap 3 600 9 000 44,798.4 9 900 construction works Kok Link vehicles per hour Public Transport Interchange at Hung Luen Road, Hung N/A N/A 48.1 26 Hung Hom Bay Reclamation Hom Covered Public Transport Java Road, Tin Chiu N/A N/A 43.7 54 Terminus at the eastern part of the Street and Kam Hong ex-North Point Estate Street, North Point Road improvement works for Hoi Po Road, West 1 000 1 190 845.8 222 West Kowloon Reclamation Kowloon Highway, Lin vehicles per Development (Phase 1) Cheung Road, Hoi Fai hour for each Road, Nga Cheung of the three Road, Austin Road, new Canton Road, Wui vehicular Cheung Road, Jordan links within Road and Ferry Street the West Kowloon Reclamation Development area. Dualling of Hiram’s Highway Hiram’s Highway 2 400 About 2 100 1,774.4 280 between Clear Water Bay Road vehicles per (length of road and Marina Cove and hour widening) improvement to local access to Ho Chung Elevated walkway between Tong Tong Ming Street and about 3 000 180 221.6 91 Ming Street and Tong Tak Street, Tong Tak Street, pedestrian Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O trips per hour in peak hours Footbridge connecting Tsuen Wan Hoi Shing Road and 4 300 66 146.2 57 Plaza, Skyline Plaza and adjacent Yuen Tun Circuit, pedestrian landscaping Tsuen Wan trips per hour in peak hours Lift and Pedestrian Walkway Waterloo Road, Ho 10 000 19 116.7 49 System at Waterloo Hill Man Tin pedestrian trips per day Lift and Pedestrian Walkway Tsing Yu Street and 3 000 60 222.7 92 System at Cheung Hang Estate, Tsing Yi Road West, pedestrian Tsing Yi Tsing Yi trips per day S essi o n 9 T H B( T ) - Pag e 74 5 Project Title Names of related Estimated Length of Approved Estimated job roads increase in road / Project creation for traffic pedestrian