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Transport

There is also a private tunnel, the Discovery Bay Tunnel Link, which was built and is operated and maintained by Discovery Bay Road Tunnel Co. Ltd. It is open only to vehicles taking goods or providing services to Discovery Bay.

Bridges

The five major cable-supported bridges are Tsing Ma, Kap Shui Mun, Ting Kau, Stonecutters and a section of Shenzhen Bay Bridge. Only the first two levy toll charges and carry both road and rail traffic. Tsing Ma Bridge is one of the world's longest span suspension bridges.

The HZMB, including the Main Bridge, Hong Kong Port and Hong Kong Link Road, was commissioned on 24 October.

The Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link is a dual two-lane carriageway of about 9km long connecting Tuen Mun with the HZMB Hong Kong Port and North Lantau. It consists of the Southern Connection and the Northern Connection. The Southern Connection was commissioned in stages on 24 October and 30 November to dovetail with the commissioning of HZMB. The Northern Connection is anticipated to be completed in 2020 at the earliest.

Tsing Ma Control Area

The Tsing Ma Control Area is a 21km expressway network managed by a private contractor. It covers mainly Tsing Kwai Highway, Cheung Tsing Tunnel, and the Ting Kau, Tsing Ma and Kap Shui Mun bridges. An average of 96,800 vehicles per day used Tsing Ma Bridge and Kap Shui Mun Bridge in 2018.

Tsing Sha Control Area

The Tsing Sha Control Area is a 13km expressway network managed by a private contractor. It consists of mainly Stonecutters Bridge, Nam Wan Tunnel, Eagle's Nest Tunnel, Sha Tin Heights. Tunnel and Tai Wai Tunnel. In 2018, an average of 60,100 vehicles per day used this expressway.

Road Boundary Crossings

There are five road-based boundary crossings between Hong Kong and the Mainland, at Lok Ma Chau, Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok, Shenzhen Bay Port and the HZMB Hong Kong Port. Commissioned on 24 October, Hong Kong Port is the first road-based crossing that links Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao. All five crossings open daily for goods and passenger vehicles. The Lok Ma Chau Control Point, which connects to Huanggang Port in Shenzhen, and Hong Kong Port, which connects to Zhuhai and Macao, operate round the clock. The Sha Tau Kok and Man Kam To control points open from 7am to 10pm. The Shenzhen Bay Port opens from 6.30am to midnight.

In 2018, the control points of Lok Ma Chau, Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok, Shenzhen Bay Port and Hong Kong Port recorded on average 22,300, 4,600, 2,300, 13,200 and 3,500 daily vehicle trips respectively, and 78,400, 11,800, 8,500, 121,300 and 69,800 daily passenger trips respectively. Following the commissioning of the XRL and the HZMB, the total cross-boundary passenger traffic by rail, road and ferry increased 5.2 per cent, reaching 715,900 passengers a day. Most travellers using road-based control points take cross-boundary coaches, shuttle buses or local

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