Quotas raised for cross-border private vehicles on Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
- About 1,000 more cross-boundary non-commercial private car quotas from Hong Kong side will be added to 800 existing allocations
- Transport sector lawmaker Frankie Yick says the move will benefit Hong Kong businessmen having ventures in Macau
Transport authorities have raised quotas for cross-border private vehicles on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, in the hope of making better use of the infrastructure that had remained underutilised even before the coronavirus pandemic.
Hong Kong’s Transport Department on Thursday said 1,000 more cross-boundary non-commercial private car quotas from the city would be added to 800 existing allocations.
“The additional quota will be distributed in the first quarter of 2021 and the quota holders are expected to be able to travel on [the bridge] starting from the second quarter,” a spokesman for the department said.
Half of the additional quota allocations would be for company applicants and the rest would be reserved for individual users, with the validity lasting for three years, he added.
Meanwhile, Macau’s Transport Bureau also said it would add 2,000 new three-year quotas for the casino hub’s private vehicles to access the bridge. Some 1,600 quotas will be used for private applicants and 400 for commercial entities.
