Annex 2

Maximum capacity of and traffic flow during rush hours on roads and tunnels

Hong Kong Island Maximum Traffic flow Traffic flow @ @ Road capacity (vehicles/hour) (vehicles/hour) (vehicles/hour) 2010 2011 Canal Road Flyover (southbound) (i) 3 100 (i) 3 100 4 700 (between Cross Harbour Tunnel (ii) 2 800 (ii) 2 800 (“CHT”) and Sharp Street East) Canal Road Flyover (northbound) (i) 3 000 (i) 2 900 4 700 (between CHT and Sharp Street (ii) 3 200 (ii) 3 100 East) Gloucester Road (eastbound) (i) 5 000 (i) 4 900 (between Arsenal Street and CHT) 7 900 (ii) 4 500 (ii) 4 300 Gloucester Road (westbound) (i) 5 900 (i) 5 900 (between Arsenal Street and CHT) 7 900 (ii) 5 300 (ii) 5 200 Connaught Road West (i) 2 300 (i) 2 100 (eastbound) * (ii) 1 400 (ii) 1 400 Connaught Road Central (westbound) (i) 1 220 (i) 1 260 * (between Cleverly Street and (ii) 1 270 (ii) 1 200 Gilman Street) Pedder Street * 14 270# 15 270#

Harcourt Road (heading towards Central) (i) 6 600 (i) 6 500 7 900 (between Tamar Street and (ii) 6 400 (ii) 6 300 Arsenal Street) Hennessy Road (heading towards Central) (i) 700 (i) 600 * (between Luard Road and (ii) 800 (ii) 800 Fleming Road) Hennessy Road (heading towards Eastern District) (i) 800 (i) 800 * (between Luard Road and (ii) 800 (ii) 900 Fleming Road) Queen’s Road Central (westbound) (i) 860 (i) 910 * (between Queen Victoria Street (ii) 910 (ii) 920 and Bonham Strand)

Hong Kong Island Maximum Traffic flow Traffic flow @ @ Road capacity (vehicles/hour) (vehicles/hour) (vehicles/hour) 2010 2011 Des Voeux Road Central (eastbound) (i) 250 (i) 240 * (between Morrison Street and (ii) 320 (ii) 310 Queen Victoria Street) Des Voeux Road Central (westbound) (i) 180 (i) 170 * (between Morrison Street and (ii) 190 (ii) 170 Queen Victoria Street) Wong Chuk Hang Road (heading towards Aberdeen (i) 2 300 (i) 2 300 Tunnel) 4 200 (ii) 2 100 (ii) 2 200 (between Nam Long Shan Road and Nam Fung Road)

Kowloon Maximum Traffic flow Traffic flow Road capacity (vehicles/hour)@ (vehicles/hour)@ (vehicles/hour) 2010 2011 North (southbound) (i) 2 500 (i) 2 600 5 600 (between Wuhu Street and Hong (ii) 2 100 (ii) 2 400 Chong Road) Chatham Road North (northbound) (i) 3 700 (i) 3 500 5 600 (between Wuhu Street and Hong (ii) 4 600 (ii) 4 500 Chong Road) (southbound) (i) 2 000 (i) 2 100 4 700 (between Chatham Road Flyover (ii) 2 200 (ii) 2 500 and ) Princess Margaret Road (northbound) (i) 1 800 (i) 1 900 4 700 (between Chatham Road Flyover (ii) 2 400 (ii) 2 600 and Wylie Road) Flyover (eastbound) (i) 2 200 (i) 2 300 2 800 (between Jordan Road and (ii) 2 800 (ii) 3 000 Chatham Road South) Gascoigne Road Flyover (westbound) (i) 1 600 (i) 1 800 2 800 (between Jordan Road and (ii) 1 600 (ii) 1 700 Chatham Road South) Bypass (eastbound) (i) 3 900 (i) 4 000 (near ) 4 700 (ii) 3 900 (ii) 4 100

Kowloon Maximum Traffic flow Traffic flow Road capacity (vehicles/hour)@ (vehicles/hour)@ (vehicles/hour) 2010 2011 Kwun Tong Bypass (westbound) (i) 4 300 (i) 4 100 (near Lei Yue Mun Road) 4 700 (ii) 3 200 (ii) 3 100 Argyle Street (westbound) (i) 1 500 (i) 1 600 * (between Waterloo Road and Yim (ii) 1 300 (ii) 1 400 Po Fong Street) West (westbound) (i) 3 200 (i) 3 200 * (between Embankment Road and (ii) 3 200 (ii) 3 100 Yuen Ngai Street) (eastbound) (i) 2 400 (i) 2 300 * (between Tai Hang Tung Road (ii) 2 500 (ii) 2 600 and Embankment Road) (southbound) (i) 1 000 (i) 1 000 * (between Shantung Street and (ii) 900 (ii) 900 Dundas Street) Nathan Road (northbound) (i) 500 (i) 500 * (between Shantung Street and (ii) 800 (ii) 800 Dundas Street) Waterloo Road (northbound) (i) 1 300 (i) 1 300 * (between Yim Po Fong Street and (ii) 1 500 (ii) 1 400 Pui Ching Road) Waterloo Road (southbound) (i) 1 300 (i) 1 300 * (between Yim Po Fong Street and (ii) 1 200 (ii) 1 200 Pui Ching Road) (eastbound) (i) 4 100 (i) 4 000 (between Nam Cheong Street and 4 700 (ii) 3 600 (ii) 3 500 Road) Lung Cheung Road (westbound) (i) 3 800 (i) 3 800 (between Nam Cheong Street and 4 700 (ii) 3 400 (ii) 3 500 Lion Rock Tunnel Road)

New Territories Maximum Traffic flow Traffic flow Road/ Tunnel capacity (vehicles/hour)@ (vehicles/hour)@ (vehicles/hour) 2010 2011

New Territories Maximum Traffic flow Traffic flow Road/ Tunnel capacity (vehicles/hour)@ (vehicles/hour)@ (vehicles/hour) 2010 2011 Lion Rock Tunnel (heading towards Kowloon) (i) 2 900 (i) 2 900 3 000 (between toll plaza and tunnel (ii) 2 600 (ii) 2 700 portal) Lion Rock Tunnel(heading towards New Territories) (i) 2 300 (i) 2 300 3 000 (between toll plaza and tunnel (ii) 2 900 (ii) 3 000 portal) Tate’s Cairn Tunnel (heading towards East Kowloon) (i) 3 000 (i) 3 000 3 000 (between toll plaza and tunnel (ii) 1 900 (ii) 1 900 portal) Tate’s Cairn Tunnel (heading towards New Territories) (i) 2 000 (i) 2 000 3 000 (between toll plaza and tunnel (ii) 2 600 (ii) 2 600 portal) Shing Mun Tunnel (heading towards Sha Tin) (i) 1 900 (i) 1 800 3 000 (between toll plaza and Shing (ii) 2 000 (ii) 2 000 Mun Tunnel Road) Shing Mun Tunnel (heading towards ) (i) 2 100 (i) 2 100 3 000 (between toll plaza and Shing (ii) 1 800 (ii) 1 700 Mun Tunnel Road) Tolo Highway (southbound) (i) 5 400 (i) 5 600 6 300 (between Ma Liu Shui and Yuen (ii) 4 300 (ii) 4 100 Shin Road) Tolo Highway (northbound) (i) 4 200 (i) 4 000 6 300 (between Ma Liu Shui and Yuen (ii) 5 000 (ii) 5 000 Shin Road) Tsuen Wan Road (near Container Port Road) 9 400 118 340# 121 840# (two-way) (heading towards Tuen Mun) (i) 3 000 (i) 2 900 4 700 (between Sham Tseng and Tsing (ii) 4 600 (ii) 4 800 Long Highway) Tuen Mun Road (heading towards Tsuen Wan) (i) 5 100 (i) 5 000 4 700 (between Sham Tseng and Tsing (ii) 3 500 (ii) 3 500 Long Highway)

New Territories Maximum Traffic flow Traffic flow Road/ Tunnel capacity (vehicles/hour)@ (vehicles/hour)@ (vehicles/hour) 2010 2011 (eastbound) (i) 1 100 (i) 1 100 (Yuen Long Section) 4 700 (ii) 1 100 (ii) 1 100 Castle Peak Road (westbound) (i) 1 200 (i) 1 300 (Yuen Long Section) 4 700 (ii) 1 500 (ii) 1 600 Fanling Highway (southbound) (i) 2 400 (i) 2 400 (between So Kwun Po Road 4 700 (ii) 2 300 (ii) 2 400 Interchange and Wo Hop Shek) Fanling Highway (northbound) (i) 2 300 (i) 2 300 (between So Kwun Po Road 4 700 (ii) 2 400 (ii) 2 400 Interchange and Wo Hop Shek)

@ Morning and evening rush hours: (i) 7.30am to 9.30am; and (ii) 6pm to 8pm

* Capacity of the road cannot be accurately estimated as it is affected by signalised junctions and traffic flow at other roads.

# Daily average traffic flow

Note Information is taken from the Transport Department’s Annual Traffic Census. For road sections whose traffic flow during rush hours is not available, the average daily traffic flow is provided instead.