2023-10-21 07:42:40
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will celebrate its fifth anniversary next Tuesday (October 24). The average daily traffic volume in September was higher than before the epidemic.
Hong Kong Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung announced the above information when he published a blog on the official website on Saturday (21st).
Lam Shih-hsiung said that the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which opened in October 2018, is the first cross-border land passage connecting Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao. Together with the Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail, it will greatly promote the connections between people in the Greater Bay Area. The bridge will celebrate its fifth anniversary next Tuesday.
Lin Shixiong said that the average daily passenger flow of the bridge in September this year was regarding 57,000, which is close to the average level before the epidemic. In terms of traffic flow, on the 2nd of this month, during the National Day holiday, the number of vehicles reached an all-time high of regarding 15,600. The average daily traffic flow last month was regarding 7,500, which was regarding 180% of the average daily traffic flow before the epidemic.
Lam Sai-hung said that the Hong Kong government has been committed to increasing the regular quota of vehicles from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Hong Kong and Macao that can use the bridge, as well as implementing and implementing new traffic measures to increase the traffic flow of the bridge, promote the economic integration of the Greater Bay Area and deepen the interconnection of the Greater Bay Area.
In addition to the regular quota, Lam Shih-hsiung also said that the Hong Kong Car Northbound Program implemented by Guangdong and Hong Kong on July 1 this year will allow Hong Kong single-brand private cars to drive to Guangdong Province via the bridge for short-term business and family visits by self-driving without obtaining regular quotas. or travel.
Lam Sai-hsiung revealed that as of Thursday (19th), the Hong Kong government had received more than 27,000 applications for Hong Kong trains to travel north, of which regarding 20,000 applications had completed all procedures in both places and were eligible to travel; and in the first 10 days of October , an average of regarding 1,700 flights between Hong Kong and Zhuhai pass through the bridge every day, with the highest number reaching nearly 4,000 a day.
Lam Shih-hsiung said that together with measures such as the Hong Kong-Macao Port Parking and Ride Scheme established by the Hong Kong and Macao governments, he hopes to facilitate residents from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to travel between the three places and realize a one-hour living circle in the Greater Bay Area.
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