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| Overview of Central Kowloon Route |
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Preferred alignment of the proposed CKR
| Consultant : Mott Connell – Meinhardt – Hyder Joint Venture |
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(Investigation and Preliminary Design) |
Target Construction Commencement Date : 2012
Target Commissioning Date : 2016
Project Objective : |
The proposed Central Kowloon Route (CKR) is to relieve traffic congestion on the existing east-west roads across Central Kowloon. |
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Description : |
The project includes:-
- a dual 3-lane trunk road of about 4.7km long between the West Kowloon reclamation and the future Kai Tak development (formerly known as South East Kowloon development), including a dual 3-lane tunnel of about 3.9km long;
- access roads at the western end of CKR to link with Yau Ma Tei Interchange of the West Kowloon Highway;
- access roads at the eastern end of CKR to link with the road network in East Kowloon;
- reprovisioning of Government and Institutional facilities affected by the CKR project on a like-for-like basis;
- administration and ventilation buildings; and
- associated environmental, geotechnical, landscape, drainage and electrical and mechanical works.
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The proposed 4.7 km long dual three-lane CKR will provide a new strategic east-west road link across central Kowloon.
 An express link between East and West Kowloon The proposed CKR will relieve the traffic congestion at peak hours on the existing east-west corridors, including Lung Cheung Road, Boundary Street, Prince Edward Road West, Argyle Street, Waterloo Road, Gascoigne Road Flyover and Chatham Road North. A journey from West Kowloon to Kowloon Bay through the proposed CKR will take about 5 minutes.
Traffic congestion on Gascoigne Road Flyover
Traffic congestion on Lung Cheung Road
Traffic congestion on Prince Edward Road
The proposed CKR will largely be in the form of a tunnel to minimize its impact on existing buildings. The length of the tunnel is about 3.9km and the CKR tunnel will be one of the longest vehicular tunnels in Hong Kong.
Artistic impression of CKR tunnel
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Overview of Widening of Gascoigne Road Flyover |
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Indicative alignment of the proposed GRF
| Consultant : |
Mott Connell – Meinhardt – Hyder Joint Venture
(Investigation and Preliminary Design) |
| Target Construction Commencement Date : 2012 |
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| Target Commissioning Date : 2016 |
(under review) |
Project Objective : |
This project aims at widening the existing Gascoigne Road Flyover(GRF), which is mainly a single 2-lane 2-way carriageway of about 1.2km, to increase its capacity. |
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Description : |
The project includes :
- widening of the GRF to dual 2-lane carriageway;
- access ramps;
- ground level road modification works; and
- associated works including environmental mitigation measures, landscape, traffic aids, lighting and drainage works.
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Scope of our Study |
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Highways Department commissioned Mott Connell - Meinhardt - Hyder Joint Venture, a joint venture among Mott Connell Limited, Meinhardt Infrastructure and Environment Limited and Hyder Consulting Limited, to undertake a consultancy study under the Consultancy Agreement No. CE 58/2006(HY) - Central Kowloon Route and Widening of Gascoigne Road Flyover - Investigation. Our project team includes professional engineers of various disciplines, landscape architects, environmental scientists, archaeologists, specialists in built heritage preservation, and academics.
The scope of the consultancy studies will cover the following:-
- to review the previous alignment proposals and develop new alignment options for CKR, including an option which allows the preservation of the Yau Ma Tei Police Station;
- to examine the impacts and requirements associated with the various alignment options, paying due regard to the need for the preservation or reprovisioning of the affected community facilities and the possible impact on the private properties. The future land use planning in respect of areas affected by the project and the need for area wide traffic management measures will also be explored in the study;
- to consider the social impacts arising from the adoption of the various alignment options and their associated reprovisioning arrangements. The performance of different viable combinations of alignment and reprovisioning options will be conducted in terms of economic, social and environmental aspects, paying particular attention to the preservation of built heritages and local culture;
- to conduct comprehensive public consultation with the respective District Councils, local communities, hawkers representatives, professional bodies and academics having interest in the project, with an aim to collect views to develop a preferred alignment scheme for CKR; and
- to commence the detailed design for CKR upon the acceptance of a final alignment scheme by the community in large.
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