The Central Kowloon Route (CKR) is a highway project under construction in Kowloon, Hong Kong. When completed in 2025, it will form the section of the planned Route 6 which runs through the

Kowloon Peninsula The Kowloon Peninsula is a peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong, alongside Victoria Harbour and facing toward Hong Kong Island. The Kowloon Peninsula and the area of New Kowloon are collect ...

, largely underground. The three-lane dual carriageway would begin at the

Yau Ma Tei Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. Name ''Yau Ma Tei'' is a phonetic transliteration of the name (originally written as ) in Cantonese. It can also be spelt as Yaumatei, ...

interchange of the

West Kowloon Highway West Kowloon Highway is a section of Route 3 in Hong Kong, built as part of the Airport Core Programme. This dual-three-lane expressway runs for 4.2 km (), connecting Western Harbour Crossing in the south with Tsing Kwai Highway in the nor ...

and finish at a new interchange in the

Kai Tak Development The Kai Tak Development (), abbreviated as "KTD" and formerly called South East Kowloon Development (), refers to the redevelopment of the former Kai Tak Airport site in Kai Tak, Kowloon, Hong Kong. After the airport relocated to Chek Lap Kok i ...

. From there, Route 6 is planned to continue to

Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay (known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/Cantonese language) in southeastern New Territories, after which it is named. ...

, although the section beyond Kai Tak is not part of the CKR project. Between Yau Ma Tei and Kai Tak, there are no intermediate interchanges. The proposed alignment will lead to the demolition of numerous structures including the

Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building () was a public multi-storey car park located at No. 250 Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei, Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong. Built in 1970, the building is scheduled for demolition in 2021. History The Yau Ma Tei Car Pa ...

, a public library, the jade hawker bazaar, and the Yau Ma Tei Specialist Clinic Extension. In January 2016, the Hong Kong Executive Council approved construction of the Central Kowloon Route. The project was commenced in the 4th quarter of 2017. In October 2020, a construction accident occurred. An excavator being lifted by a tower crane broke loose and plunged down a giant ventilation shaft in Ho Man Tin. Nobody was injured.

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Page at Highways Department website

Project profile
Proposed transport infrastructure in Hong Kong Route 6 (Hong Kong) Undersea tunnels in Asia Roads in Kowloon Roads in New Kowloon {{Kowloon-stub