THE controversial Western Harbour Crossing bill is likely to be amended with the opening tunnel toll pulled down from the original $30 to $25.
But this may risk the entire tendering exercise starting over again as the only bidder for the $7.5-billion project has said it would not accept any lowering of the toll.
The Liberal Party will decide today if it will put forward an amendment to lower the tunnel poll.
The party's legislator Steven Poon Kwok-lim said they would await Secretary for Transport Yeung Kai-yin's reply to their query on the calculation of internal rate of return (IRR).
He said they would amend the bill if Mr Yeung failed to persuade them that the proposed minimum IRR of 15 per cent, under the existing formula, was a fair rate.
Mr Poon said the consortium's formula, based on dividend returned to shareholders of the company, would also allow the consortium to enjoy an IRR one or two per cent higher than the conventional practise.