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Congestion in the Cross-Harbour Tunnel. The new toll scheme for Hong Kong's cross-harbour tunnel, also known as the "three-tunnel diversion," is a plan proposed by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam in the 2018 Hong Kong Chief Executive's Policy Address to divert traffic from the Cross Harbour Tunnel, Eastern Harbour Crossing and Western Harbour Crossing.
Cross-Harbour Tunnel was completely suspended during protest in November 2019. The Hong Kong government used the operator model "Build Operate Transfer", or "BOT", for the implementation of the tunnel project; Financing and construction was the responsibility of a private enterprise, which was granted a concession to operate and collect tolls for 30 years.
It is the third road tunnel to cross Victoria Harbour, linking reclaimed land in Yau Ma Tei in West Kowloon with Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island. It was constructed by the Western Harbour Tunnel Company Limited (WHTCL), which also operated the tunnel from 1993 to 2023 under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) on a 30-year franchise contract with ...
Protesters set fire to toll booths of Hong Kong’s Cross-Harbour Tunnel on the evening of November 14 and early morning of November 15.This footage shows flames blazing from booths on the Kowloon ...
[27] [28] As June 2017, the first Immersed Tube Tunnel units was installed in Victoria Harbour, marking the beginning of constructing the fourth harbour-crossing railway tunnel in Hong Kong. 11 tube tunnel units in total will be constructed and placed for the harbour crossing section. [29] [30]
Scenic Hill Tunnel: 2018 1 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited Toll-free 466 N/A Airport Tunnel: 2018 0.6 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited Toll-free 401 N/A Lung Shan Tunnel: 2019 4.8 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited Toll-free 16,728 N/A
The area around the Hong Kong Island entrance of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel in the 1970s; the tunnel was under construction. Prior to the opening of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, vehicular traffic travelling across the Victoria Harbour relied on ferry services as early as 1933. [1]
The cost for the whole project was estimated at over HK$200 billion, and the Chinese Government was concerned about its impact on the financial reserve of the future Hong Kong SAR Government. Several changes were made to the plan, including the shortening in distance of the two main towers of the Tsing Ma Bridge [ 1 ] and the construction of ...