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The Cross-Harbour Tunnel opened in 1972. due to the ever increasing population in Hong Kong and improving prosperity made the construction of further tunnels a necessity. The harbour crossing ferry services continued on until 1998 when Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry ceased to operate these ferry services. [1]
Tai Wai Tunnel Map: 2007: 0.5: N/A: Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited: 8 (Incorporated into toll fee of Eagle's Nest Tunnel & Sha Tin Heights Tunnel) N/A: N/A Nam Wan Tunnel Map: 2009: 1.25: N/A: Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited: Toll-free: N/A: N/A Scenic Hill Tunnel: 2018 1 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure ...
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.
The Eastern Harbour Crossing (Chinese: 東區海底隧道), abbreviated as "EHC" (Chinese: 東隧), is a combined road-rail tunnel that crosses beneath Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Opened on 21 September 1989, it is the second harbour-crossing tunnel built and the longest amongst the three.
It is the earliest of three vehicular harbour crossings in Hong Kong, opened for traffic in 1972. It was constructed under a 30-year private-sector franchise based on a build–operate–transfer model, and the title passed to the Hong Kong government in 1999 upon termination of the franchise. It has become one of the most congested roads in ...
The Hong Kong government launched the Second Comprehensive Transport Study in the late 1980s, which said cross-harbour trips would increase greatly – person-trips would increase by 86% from 1.4m to 2.6m, and goods-vehicle-trips by 129% from 34,000 to 78,000 by 2001.
Vehicular harbour crossings in Hong Kong This page was last edited on 8 June 2018, at 07:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Vehicular harbour crossings in Hong Kong. Cross-Harbour Tunnel (opened 1972) Eastern Harbour Crossing (opened 1989) Western Harbour Crossing (opened 1997) MTR.