(香港，2023年3月23日) 政府建議透過調整三條過海隧道收費以改變駕車人士出行習慣，從而理順過海交通，紓緩過海隧道的擠塞情況，並將為三條隧道訂立不同時段不同收費方案。香港工程師學會歡迎有關建議，有關方案建基於數據模型，以科學為本，並利用新科技優化交通管理，這亦是學會長久以來，建議香港推動智慧城市發展的其中一個重要環節。
香港地少人多，經濟活動頻繁，運輸基建項目都應以善用資源、路盡其用為原則。學會支持政府現時建議的收費調整方案，認為有助壓抑和分散繁忙時段的過海車流，善用過海隧道的容量，以體現有關原則。
學會相信新方案將有效紓緩過海隧道繁忙時段交通擠塞的問題，改善通勤人士用於交通方面的時間，無形中提高社會生產力，將有效改善空氣環境質素，對各界均有裨益。
當過海隧道交通擠塞獲得改善，從前受影響的一些非過海交通關鍵道路交通亦將得以紓緩，未來推展其他項目時，有更多靈活的交通方案可供選擇，有利社會發展。
隨着未來「易通行」的廣泛使用，更有利將不同時段不同收費的技術應用在一些非隧道的繁忙路段。學會建議政府適時審視電子道路收費系統在香港的使用，以進一步協助紓緩香港道路在繁忙時段的擠塞情況，學會樂意與政府當局分享專業意見。
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(Hong Kong, 23 March 2023) The Administration has recommended adjusting the toll levels of the three road harbour crossings (RHCs) so as to change motorists' commuting patterns with a view to rationalising cross-harbour traffic and alleviating the congestion at RHCs. Time-varying tolls at the three RHCs will also be instituted. The HKIE welcomes these recommendations, which are scientifically based, founded on data models, and have drawn on new technologies to enhance traffic management. This is precisely one of the long-recurring important motifs in the HKIE’s recommendations for the development of Hong Kong as a Smart City.
In a city as small and densely populated as Hong Kong, where economic activities are dense, transport infrastructure projects should be pursued with the judicious use of resources and the optimised use of road network as their guiding principles. The HKIE endorses the toll adjustment plans currently being proposed by the Administration, holding that they exemplify those principles by contributing to the suppression and diversion of cross-harbour vehicular flow during peak periods and making the most of RHCs’ capacities.
The HKIE believes that the new toll plans will be of benefit to various sectors of society: they will effectively alleviate the traffic congestions as exist in RHCs during peak periods, reduce the time spent by commuters in traffic, imperceptibly raise society’s productivity, and enhance air and environmental quality.
The alleviation of traffic congestions at RHCs will result in a corresponding alleviation of traffic problems at previously affected key non-cross-harbour roads. When other projects are launched in the future, more flexible transportation options will be at disposal, which would be conducive to societal development.
With the extensive use of HKeToll in the future, the technology of time-varying tolls can be more advantageously applied to some of the non-tunnel busy road sections. The HKIE suggests that the Administration carry out timely reviews of the use of Electronic Toll Collection System in Hong Kong for the purpose of further relieving road traffic congestion during peak periods. The HKIE is much obliged to share its professional opinions with the Administration.
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