Route 8* between Cheung Sha Wan and Sha Tin

(updated as at 31.08.2008)

Project Title :
Route 8* between Cheung Sha Wan and Sha Tin

Consultant :
Maunsell Hyder Joint Venture

Construction Commencement Date :
November 2002

Commissioning Date :
March 2008 (Commissioned)

Approved Project Cost ($Million):
6759.7

Description :

Route 8* is a trunk road linking Lantau and Sha Tin. The North Lantau Highway and Lantau Link completed in 1997 form part of this route. The remaining two sections are that between Tsing Yi and Cheung Sha Wan and that between Cheung Sha Wan and Sha Tin (formerly known as Route 16).

The section of Route 8* between Cheung Sha Wan and Sha Tin is a 6 km long dual 3-lane highway. The scope of works includes :-

1. Lai Chi Kok Viaduct - a 1.4-kilometre (km) dual three lane elevated carriageway from Lai Wan Interchange to Butterfly Valley. It connects to another section of Route 8 between Tsing Yi and Cheung Sha Wan (Route 8 -TYCSW), with slip roads connecting to Lai Wan Interchange and Ching Cheung Road;
   

2. a 0.5-km dual three-lane carriageway within Butterfly Valley;
   

3. Eagle's Nest Tunnel - a 2.1-km dual three-lane tunnel under the Eagle's Nest;
   

4. a toll plaza at the valley of Sha Tin Heights;
   

5. Sha Tin Heights Tunnel - a one-km dual three-lane tunnel under Sha Tin Heights;

6. Sha Tin Heights Tunnel Approach - a 0.6-km dual two-lane tunnel approach road in Tai Wai connecting to the proposed Road T3, with slip roads connecting to Che Kung Miu Road (Che Kung Miu Road Slip Roads);
   

7. some 6.5 km of noise barriers, including about 4.8 km of vertical barriers ranging from three to seven metres high, about 0.8 km of semi-enclosures and about 0.9 km of full enclosures; and
   

8. associated traffic control and surveillance system, electrical and mechanical, building, drainage, landscaping and geotechnical works.

   
   

1. Notice under Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) published in Government Gazette

2. Legislative Council Public Works Subcommittee Paper

3. Environmental Permit

4. EIA Report