Travelling from Sai Kung Town Centre To Tai Po

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I'm surprised the relatively wealthy and influential people living there haven't pressured the government to sort out the roads, or to build the MTR line over there.

I am surprised that Sai Kung is so popular, despite the crazy traffic situation. You never know when you can arrive office or be back!

[HK_Katherine]

I am surprised that Sai Kung is so popular, despite the crazy traffic situation. You never know when you can arrive office or be back!

Its popular because it's nice. Nice in a real way, not the way HK locals think about "nice". I would consider living there if it wasn't that my office is the other side of the NT.

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Its popular because it's nice. Nice in a real way, not the way HK locals think about "nice". I would consider living there if it wasn't that my office is the other side of the NT.

Nice in theory, but then reality hits you like a rock.

[HK_Katherine]

Nice in theory, but then reality hits you like a rock.

Most expats are used to overseas traffic which is way worse than this and do longer journeys in it. I used to drive for 45 mins to work; my husband drove for 1.5 hours in each direction when we lived in the UK. I think if you are a HK person, the Sai Kung traffic is awful. If you are an expat it's pretty good compared to "back home".

[flameproof]

From Sai Kung Town to Tai Po Market, it's about ~40 minutes by car. The thing is, you can't really speed through the road from Ma On Shan to Sai Kung because ....

....because there is somebody in front of you that takes 40 Minutes?

To Sheung Shui takes me about 35 Minutes when in a sporty mood.

[JAherbert]

"Under Review":

https://www.hyd.gov.hk/en/road_and_r...ojects/6806th/

Government have already started work

[GeoTommy]

Government have already started work

That's Stage 2 which they're still planning. Stage 1 has indeed started work:

https://www.hyd.gov.hk/en/road_and_r...ams/index.html

But the actual downtown core of Sai Kung is already too crowded, unless they also increase the size of the pier, bus stops (very long queues on weekends), parking areas, I don't think relieving traffic congestion is going to help much.