Hong Kong International Airport (Chek-Lap Kok Airport)

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1 Hong Kong International Airport (Chek-Lap Kok Airport)

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5 General Information Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is the principal airport serving Hong Kong. As the world's fifth busiest (2004) international passenger airport and most active worldwide air cargo operation, HKIA sees an average of more than 650 aircraft take off and land every day. Opened in 6 July 1998, it took six years and US $20 billion to build. By 2040 it will handle eighty million passengers per year - the same number as London s Heathrow and New York s JFK airports combined

6 General Information The land on which the airport stands was once a mountainous island. In a major reclamation programme, its 100-metre peak was reduced to 7 metres above sea level and the island was expanded to four times its original area.

7 Transportation HKIA 1998 Onwards 28 km from CBD Kai-Tak Airport km from CBD

8 10 Transportation Core Projects Highway + Railway Routes

9 North Lantau Expressway 12.5 km expressway along the north Lantau coast, from the Lantau Link to the new airport. It is the first highway to be constructed along the island's northern coastline. More than half the route is on reclaimed land.

10 Railway Transport 35 km long (23 mins from CBD)

11 Lantau Link LANTAU LINK (Tsing Ma Bridge, the Kap Shui Mun Bridge and the Ma Wan Viaduct.) World's longest road-rail suspension and cable-stayed bridges, providing the first road connection to Lantau Island 3.5 km long Upper deck 6 traffic lanes, 3 in each direction Lower deck 2 traffic lanes for emergency use 2 railway tracks

12 Tsing Ma Bridge Ma Wan Viaduct Kap Shui Mun Bridge

13 Tsing Ma Bridge World's longest span suspension bridge carrying both road and rail traffic. Length Main span Shipping clearance Tower height Length of wire in suspension cables Structural steel Volume of concrete 2.2 kilometres 1,377 metres 62 metres 206 metres 160,000 kilometres 50,000 tonnes 500,000 cubic metres

14 Kap Shui Mun Bridge World's longest span cable-stayed bridge carrying both road and rail traffic. Length 820 metres Main span Shipping clearance Tower height 430 metres 47 metres 150 metres Structural steel Volume of concrete 4,800 tonnes 73,000 cubic metres

15 Route 3 Tsing Yi section a 1.6 kilometre dual three-lane twin-tube tunnel through Tsing Yi Island a 500-metre bridge over the Rambler Channel that separates the island from the mainland. Kwai Chung section a viaduct built 20 metres above ground. Unlike the rest of the road transport network, it has eight lanes.

16 West Kowloon Reclamation West Kowloon Reclamation is the largest reclamation ever undertaken in the urban area -- increasing the size of the Kowloon peninsula by one-third and extending the waterfront into the harbour by as much as one kilometre. The project provides 334 hectares of new land between Yau Ma Tei and Lai Chi Kok. This land is being used for the transport infrastructure serving the new airport. It will also be used for various other purposes, including public and private housing for over 100,000 people, Government and community facilities and recreational areas.

17 Western Harbour Crossing It is the third road tunnel to be built under Hong Kong harbour, running from the reclaimed land at West Kowloon to Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island. The six-lane tunnel has a capacity of 180,000 vehicles daily, far greater than that of the existing four-lane tunnels. Total length Length of immersed tube Concrete units in immersed tube Weight of concrete units 2 km 1.3 km 12 35,000 tonnes

18 Central Waterfront Reclamation Twenty hectares of land have been reclaimed from the Central waterfront and extended the waterfront by up to 350 metres beyond existing shoreline. The Hong Kong terminus of the Airport Railway is built on the new land, which also provides opportunities for the expansion of the Central business district.