A tunnel linking Tseung Kwan O to Kowloon East has been proposed to provide better links to and from the expanding new town.

In a Legislative Council paper today, the Environment, Transport & Works Bureau said the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel will be a dual two-lane 4.3km carriageway, linking Tseung Kwan O with East Kowloon at Cha Kwo Ling, and connecting with the planned Trunk Road T2.

Together with the Central Kowloon Route and the Trunk Road T2 in South East Kowloon, it will form part of the strategic Route 6 between Tseung Kwan O and West Kowloon.

About 2.2km of the link will run underground below the Devil's Peak, and should be complete by 2016.

The Civil Engineering & Development Department has consulted a number of organisations, including the Sai Kung and Kwun Tong District Councils, professional institutes, green groups and transport service operators, and received general support for the tunnel alignment.