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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.
The 14 tunnel segments, each 100 metres long, were cast in a basin in Chai Wan. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 3 ] The tunnel was designed by Per Hall Consultants under the supervision of Freeman Fox and Partners. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A specially designed barge, constructed for Kumagai Gumi by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , arrived in Hong Kong in February 1977 to help ...
Lung Shan Tunnel: 2019 4.8 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited Toll-free 16,728 N/A Cheung Shan Tunnel: 2019 0.9 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited Toll-free 4688 N/A Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link: 2020 5.5 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited
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 ...
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 ...
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.
[6] [7] The tunnel is 13.6 kilometres (8.5 mi) long overall, of which 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) were constructed using the immersed tube technique. [5] Currently the longest immersed tube tunnel is the 6.7-kilometre-long (4.2 mi) tunnel portion of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, completed in 2018.
The Western Harbour Crossing (WHC) is a dual three-lane immersed tube tunnel in Hong Kong.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.