The HZM Bridge will open in 2018

A much-delayed mega cross-border sea-crossing, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, will open to traffic some time in 2018, according to the city’s No 2 official, Matthew Cheung Kin-chung.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and associated tunnels cross the Lingdingyang waterway. It is to be opened next year after the construction of 22.9 kilometers of bridge, four tunnels and four artificial islands. The 55-km structure is the longest of its kind in the world and is being built with 420,000 metric tons of steel, enough to build 60 Eiffel Towers. The HZM Bridge is a marvel of modern engineering, one that is designed to last for 120 years－longer than any other bridge on the Chinese mainland. (Photo/Xinhua)

The chief secretary wrote on his official blog on Sunday that the three governments had been striving to have the bridge construction completed by the end of 2017.

The 55km crossing, which consists of three cable-stayed bridges and an undersea tunnel, is part of a broader push by the central government to integrate the Pearl River Delta region, also known as the Greater Bay Area. The bridge will put the three cities of Zhuhai, Macau, and Hong Kong within an hour’s commute of each other.

On his blog, Cheung said two other major cross-border infrastructure projects – the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link and Liantang-Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point – would also be completed in 2018.

While the express rail links up with the high-speed rail network of mainland China, the new control point will connect the so-called Eastern Corridor in Shenzhen, linking up with eastern Guangdong.

With improved links on both banks of the Pearl River Delta, this would consolidate Hong Kong’s role as a key gateway of mainland China, Cheung said.

Source:news.cn

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