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Tunnel chaos fails to materialise

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But there may be a build-up of congestion over the next few days

Traffic slowly picked up at the Cross-Harbour Tunnel yesterday, with 2,700 more vehicles using the route than on Tuesday, signalling a possible build-up of congestion in the next few days.

Yesterday was the second working day after the Eastern Harbour Tunnel toll rise on Sunday.

The increase included about 400 goods vans, which are expected to gradually return to the roads after this week's 'golden week' holiday. This followed a drop of 2,100 vans using the three tunnels on Tuesday.

Yesterday's morning rush hour started half an hour early at 7.15am, but the congestion was comparable to any other weekday, transport officials said.

So far, congestion at the cheaper Cross-Harbour Tunnel has not been as bad as expected, but government officials are not letting their guard down.

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