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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 ...
Nam Wan Tunnel is a tunnel in Hong Kong opened to traffic on 20 December 2009, [1] along with the West Tsing Yi Viaduct, East Tsing Yi Viaduct and Stonecutters Bridge. The road tunnel, which forms an important part of the HK$ 15 billion Route 8 , linking Tsing Yi and Sha Tin in the city, began construction since 2003 and was completed in 2007.
Because of its convenient location and its low tolls, the Cross-Harbour Tunnel (CHT) is the most heavily used among all three vehicular tunnels. According to the consultancy report in 2010, the CHT enjoys a daily traffic of approximately 120,000 vehicle-trips, far exceeding the tunnel's design capacity of 78,000 trips per day.
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.
Protesters in Hong Kong set up barriers to block traffic approaching the Cross-Harbour Tunnel in Kowloon on Monday, August 5, as seen in this video.The protesters can be heard disputing with ...
A fire in a residential building in Hong Kong's bustling Kowloon district disrupted morning rush hour traffic on Wednesday, authorities said, in a rare incident in the global financial hub that ...
The Central–Wan Chai Bypass is a 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) trunk road running between Sheung Wan and Fortress Hill on Hong Kong Island.The original design consists of a 2.3 km dual three-lane tunnel running under new reclamation areas provided by the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation project, [1] and also connections to Connaught Road West flyover and Island Eastern Corridor.
Hong Kong police said Wednesday that they will enter a blockaded university to clean up hazardous material before lifting a 10-day siege, after civilian search teams found no evidence of any ...