Draft Recommended Outline Development Plan (RODP)

4. Improving Connectivity

Internal Roads

1. Improve Tong Yan San Tsuen Interchange and Tin Shui Wai West Interchange by providing more access to and from Yuen Long South

2. Widen and upgrade Kung Um Road and Kiu Hung Road as standard two-lane roads for one-way circulation to facilitate traffic flow

3. Construct a new dual carriageway as the main road running in a northsouth direction through the PDA and connecting Tong Yan San Tsuen with the area along Kung Um Road

External Connections

4. EFTS with possible connection to West Rail Tin Shui Wai Station via the Hung Shui Kiu NDA (subject to further studies)

5. A new road connecting to the area near the West Rail Yuen Long Station

6. More road junctions to improve connection with surrounding villages

7. PTIs at different locations within/outside the area, providing minibus,shuttle or feeder bus services and long haul bus services

• Possible new strategic highway connecting the Hung Shui Kiu NDA with the urban area and a possible highway connecting the Hung Shui Kiu NDA with the proposed Tuen Mun Western Bypass (which latest alignment is from Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link to Tsing Tin Road) to cope with the anticipated traffic growth in the Northwest New Territories, including Yuen Long South

• Overall Planning and Design Framework
• Key Land Use Proposals
• Main Features
• Accommodating Diversity and Creating Activity Nodes
• Fostering Identity and Respecting Surrounding Environment
• Creating a Green Community
• Improving Connectivity
• Five Planning Areas
• Implementation and Timetable