Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel received Grand Award of "The HKIE Grand Award 2024" under Infrastructure Category

Date of Award: 15/03/2024

The HKIE Grand Award champions HKIE members' and their projects' exemplary. Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel provides a new trunk road for Tseung Kwan O, connecting Kowloon East and the Eastern Harbor Crossing. It is also the eastern section of the future Route 6 that will serve as an express link between Kowloon East and West. Completed during an extremely challenging time, the project successfully overcame various difficulties. The tunnel design incorporated many innovative elements to enhance sustainability and overall project benefits. These include locating the ventilation building partially in caverns, applying the "single site, multiple use" concept to turn a landscaped deck into the Tseung Lam Highway Garden for public enjoyment, etc. The new tunnel has significantly improved the traffic conditions of Tseung Kwan O and its environs, shortening the journey time to Kowloon East by 20 minutes during the morning peak hours. The notable infrastructural improvement, to which people's livelihood is closely related, enhances their sense of blissfulness, as well as promotes the continuous development of Tseung Kwan O.