Part of Hong Kong’s Tsing Sha Highway to close for 3 hours for final preparations ahead of e-toll launch
- Three tunnels, Eagle’s Nest, Sha Tin Heights and Tai Wai, and their connecting roads will close from 2am to 5am on May 7
- More than 660,000 tags issued accounting for 82 per cent of city’s vehicles, says transport commissioner
Announcing the conversion arrangements on Wednesday, Commissioner for Transport Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said she believed Hong Kong was now “all set” for HKeToll with more than 660,000 tags issued as of April 25, accounting for 82 per cent of the city’s vehicles.
“According to our latest load tests, the e-tolling system at Tsing Sha Highway can handle 70,000 cars per hour. The Tsing Sha Control Area sees only around 60,000 per day, so we are confident it will have no problem handling traffic there,” she added.
The new system is set to fully replace the city’s current automatic and manual toll payment methods for the highway that connects Tsing Yi and Sha Tin on May 7.
Special traffic arrangements will start around the Tsing Sha Control Area at 11pm on May 6, according to George Fong Shung-kit, acting Chief Engineer (Smart Mobility) of the Transport Department.
Three tunnels, Eagle’s Nest, Sha Tin Heights and Tai Wai, and their connecting roads will close from 2am to 5am on May 7 to carry out final preparations before HKeToll comes into use at 5am.
Drivers were encouraged to use the Lion Rock Tunnel or Tai Po Road to get between Sha Tin and West Kowloon during the closure.
