New Liantang–Heung Yuen Wai border crossing ready by end-2018

The seventh border control point between Liantang, Shenzhen and Heung Yuen Wai, Hong Kong is expected to be ready by the end of next year, according to Hong Kong SAR Secretary for Development Michael Wong Wai- lun.

Construction of the land border control point started in April 2013, as reported in The Standard. Upon completion, it will be the first border control point with direct access facilities, including a public transport interchange, a drop-off area for cars and a public car park.

It is expected to handle about 30,000 passenger trips and 17,850 vehicular trips a day. Cross-border passengers can get to the passenger terminal by car or by pedestrian walkway.

The new control point will help ease traffic in the North District by diverting cross-border traffic at the Sha Tau Kok control point and Man Kam To control point. A new road has been built to link up the upcoming control point with Fan Ling Highway, which connects Shau Tau Kok and Ta Kwu Ling to other areas, such as Sheung Shui, Tai Po and Kowloon.

The Hong Kong SAR government has also chosen a 56-hectare piece of land near the new border control point to develop a science park and an industrial estate, a project that is expected to create jobs and foster the economic development of border areas.

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation has appointed a consultancy company to study the feasibility of the project, and a report will be finished later this year. Mitigating measures to minimise the project’s social and environmental impact include reducing land acquisition and setting the connecting road alignment outside the rims of country parks and woodlands. — Construction+ Online