Eastern Harbour tunnel seeks 40% rise
17-09-2010
The operator of the Eastern Harbour Tunnel has applied to raise the toll fee by 40 percent next year. The change would mean the charge for private cars and taxis going up from HK$25 to HK$35. The deputy chairman of the Legislative Council's transport panel, Andrew Cheng, said the increase would make the Cross-Harbour Tunnel at Hung Hom even more congested. He said the government should consider buying back the tunnel.
If they can raise it that much why not?
CHT is way too cheapif heGov raised the fee for that then EHT & WHT would get more traffic.
Buy-back? Why should the average non-car owning taxpayer pay for the car owners?