Just wave your toll goodbye at tunnels
Contactless electronic payments may be accepted at toll tunnels and roads by 2016, under a new government proposal. However, there are fears the cost of the HK$45.5 million project to enable payment by Octopus and other smart cards will be passed on to the public.
Contactless electronic payments may be accepted at toll tunnels and roads by 2016, under a new government proposal.
However, there are fears the cost of the HK$45.5 million project to enable payment by Octopus and other smart cards will be passed on to the public.
That new technology would cover all the 72 manual toll booths at the five government toll tunnels - Aberdeen Tunnel, Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Lion Rock Tunnel, the Shing Mun Tunnels and Tseung Kwun O Tunnel - and two government toll roads - Lantau Link and Tsing Sha Highway.
The proposal will be discussed in the Legislative Council panel on transport on Friday. The government plans to start the project in June and complete it by May 2016.
Under the plan, motorists will choose between manual toll lanes and autolanes.
At manual lanes, there will also be the option of paying by waving contactless smart cards, including Visa Paywave and MasterCard Paypass cards, over the readers.
Government officials say the technology will address public requests for a faster, more convenient payment system.