HONG KONG-Zhuhai-Macau bridge charges subject to private car per trip or only hundred yuan

Xinhua Beijing, December 23, according to the Macao Daily reported that the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in the official commencement of this month, the completion of the bridge after the traffic and charges subject to concern.　　After the completion of the construction of the bridge, the three parties have discussed the use of quotas and fees and so on, as there are still 6 years since the completion of the bridge, and the final quota scheme will be announced 3 months before the opening of the bridge. In the past 7 years, Hong Kong, Macao and Macau have disagreed on major issues such as the placement, design and financing of the Zhuhai-Macau bridge, but they have finally reached a sympathetic chord and prompted the bridge project to mount formally this month. However, after the completion of the bridge, the issue of the use of vehicle quota restrictions is still unresolved.　　It has been pointed out that since the issue of quota has a direct impact on the traffic flow of the bridge and the development of the regional economy, the three governments have been focusing on the main points, but there is still a long way to go before the completion of the existing bridge.　　After the construction of the artificial island at the Zhuhai-Macao port, the three government representatives and some staff members of the Transport Department have begun detailed studies on the traffic volume and quota of the bridge, and there is information that the three-way quota scheme will be finalized in the 3 months before the opening of the bridge.　　The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge will be the key traffic link between East and west in the Pearl River Delta, with a maximum capacity of about 86,000 vehicles per day. However, it was pointed out earlier that it was estimated that the vehicle utilization rate was lower at the initial stage of the bridge opening. If the current projections of about 34,000 vehicles with Hong Kong, Guangdong or Guangdong and Macao "Two Places" are available, and if there are other crossings between Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Hong Kong and Macao, then there may be only 25% licences for the future use of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, and not all the "two Places" vehicles　　The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, which has a total investment of more than 72 billion yuan, is unfair and not cost-effective. The view is expressed that the volume of traffic on the bridge will depend on whether there will be a relaxation of the quota for private vehicles in future and the number of vehicles to be increased by various measures, which means that the application of the two-place licensing measures may be relaxed and reduced in future.　　With the current policy of "buying and sending licence quotas" in Zhuhai, in recent years, Macau has a relatively increased number of licensed vehicles, driving the "two places" vehicle entry and exit, and has not been invested in the mainland or the patents of business people.　　The possession of "two places" vehicles does not mean that the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge can be used in future because of the ability of the three places to cope with the impact of cross-boundary traffic. It is understood that the bridge Feasibility study programme, has proposed the "basic quota", "no quota", "one party quota" and "the adjustment of the basic quota" and other schemes as a comparison, the study of the ultimate quota scheme, decided to use the three bridge vehicle number.　　However, due to the limited traffic capacity in Macau, the vast majority of vehicles through the bridge to Australia will not enter the city, can only be parked in the Zhuhai-Macao Port islands outside the external car park, this measure may mean that the use of quotas in Macao restricted. However, to enhance the traffic flow of the bridge, the three governments will study the relaxation of cross-boundary vehicle quotas and reduce the bridgeThe fees are initially estimated at $150 per charge for private vehicles and 450 yuan for coaches each time. The Hong Kong Secretary for Transport and housing, Ms Eva Cheng, has said that under the latest financing arrangements, private car fares may be only 100 yuan or even lower, with a freight vehicle of about $200 to attract more vehicles to use the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge.