Highways Department is a department of the Hong Kong Government responsible for developing Hong Kong's road and railway network as well as road maintenance.

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Highways Department

路政署
Agency overview
Formed	1986
Headquarters	Ho Man Tin Government Offices, 88 Chung Hau Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon
Employees	2 510 (Mar 2022)[1]
Annual budget	HK$4,270 million (2022-23 FY)[1]
Agency executive	Chan Pai Ming Jimmy, from 20 Dec 2018[2], Director of Highways
Website	www.hyd.gov.hk

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The department was previously an office within the former Civil Engineering Department and became an independent department on 1 June 1986 due to the increasingly complex road network in Hong Kong.^[3]

In 2024, it launched street signs with a new font to "infuse a strong cultural atmosphere into the community's landscape" to support the government's Task Force on District Governance, with the new font drawing criticism.^[4]

• Harold Campbell Beaton (1986–1989)^[5]
• Kwei See Kan (1989–1993)^[5]
• Kwong Hon Sang (1993–1996)^[5]
• Leung Kwok Sun (1996–2000)^[5]
• Lo Yiu Ching (2000–2002)^[5]
• Mak Chai Kwong (2002–2006)^[5]
• Wai Chi Sing (2006–2010)^[6]
• Peter Lau Ka Keung (2010–2016)^[6]
• Daniel Chung Kum-wah (2016–2018)^[7]
• Jimmy Chan Pai Ming (2018–present)

• Civil Engineering and Development Department
• Transport Department
• Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System