Two local public bus routes travelling between the Macau border checkpoint on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) and the peninsula (101X), and between the checkpoint and Taipa (102X), will start at 7 a.m. tomorrow, two hours before the commencement of the operation of the delta bridge at 9 a.m.
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge
A transport firm run by the daughter of Macau casino kingpin Stanley Ho Hung-sun looks set to be the biggest winner when the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge opens, after her company won the exclusive rights to run shuttle buses across the multibillion-dollar link, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) today.
The chief engineer of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, Su Quanke, said Thursday in Beijing that the completion of the mega-bridge project paves the foundation for the development of the country’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The State Council has authorised the official transfer of the Macau Border Checkpoint Administrative Zone of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge to the Macau government .
Macau has already paid until now about 2.6 billion yuan (3.32 billion patacas) for its share of the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, according to Macau television news (TDM).
A cutting-through ceremony for the world’s longest and deepest subsea tunnel will be held today, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) Authority has announced.
The final costs of construction for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge will exceed the original estimated budget. The three governments will now have to chip in on a proportional basis to make up for the difference.