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Build MTR line for Sai Kung instead of bridge to nowhere

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I recently came across a webpage from the Civil Engineering and Development Department on the Tseung Kwan O cross-bay link which seems to be in the advanced stages of planning.

The plan is impressive and will provide a 1.8- kilometre-long dual carriageway bridge between Tseung Kwan O and Lohas Park across Junk Bay.

It is designed to carry the projected traffic flow generated from future populations in new developments planned near Junk Bay and Lohas Park.

I am a long-time resident of Sai Kung and regular user of the Tseung Kwan O MTR line.

Knowing how few people use the Lohas Park extension, I was surprised by this massive civil engineering undertaking. At present, there are no developments in Junk Bay except for the high-end Lohas Park. It seems to be a bridge to nowhere.

While I applaud the government's future planning, I have to ask if it is right to a build a bridge to nowhere for future residents, when the current residents of Sai Kung suffer with a single road to Tseung Kwan O along Hiram's Highway and Clear Water Bay Road?

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