Hong Kong car owner hit with HK$170,000 bill after failing to settle 146 toll payments
- Transport Department says magistrate earlier ordered vehicle owner to pay that amount to cover tolls, surcharges, penalties and costs of proceedings
- Department will take action against vehicle owners to recover outstanding tolls, spokesman warns
A Hong Kong car owner has been ordered to fork out more than HK$170,000 (US$21,800) to cover tolls, surcharges, penalties and costs of proceedings after failure to settle more than 140 tunnel charges.
The Transport Department said on Friday that a magistrate had earlier ordered the vehicle owner to hand over the cash after failure to settle 146 toll payments.
It said the magistrate also directed the department to refuse an application for renewal of the licence and transfer of ownership of the vehicle involved.
“Vehicle owners are legally required to pay tolls on time after using government tolled tunnels,” a department spokesman said.
“Offenders will be ordered to pay all outstanding amounts, penalties and costs of proceedings.”
He said the department would continue to take action against vehicle owners to recover outstanding tolls and refer cases to a magistrate.