PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Country Park Motorway (Route 3) is a 12 km (7.5 mile) three-lane expressway that provides a link between Hong Kong and southern China, connecting Ting Kau and Yuen Long. The project includes twin three-lane 3.5 km (2.3 mile) tunnels below Tai Lam Country Park, 12 major bridge structures, seven pedestrian/vehicular underpasses, 10 major retaining walls, a 22-lane toll plaza, the four-level Au Tau Interchange, and construction of large-scale embankments across very soft and weak soils, 3 km viaducts at Ting Kau Interchange and Au Tau Interchange, noise barriers, traffic control and surveillance system, administration building, and ventilation buildings. The project cost $930 million to complete and was constructed between 1995 and 1998, when it opened to traffic as a tolled highway. Exhibit 4.7 shows the highway under traffic.

Exhibit 4.7 Route 3 Country Park Motorway

Source: Maunsell, 2005 URL: http://www.maunsell.aecom.com/MarketsAndServices/38/75/index.jsp