LC Paper No. CB(4)346/20-21(01)

Government Tolled Tunnels + Control Area

Legislative Council Panel on Transport Meeting on 5 Jan 2021 Smart Mobility Initiative

Smart City Smart Mobility Blueprint Roadmap

2 Free-Flow Tolling System (FFTS)

Free-FlowNo Toll Booths Tolling

3 How to Install

1 Vehicle-specific Toll Tag 2 Affix to Windscreen

Issue to Vehicle Owners, No Power Supply Required Linked to a Specific Vehicle Easy to Install

4 How to Use

1 Drive at Normal Speed

2 Passage of Toll Point

3 Auto Payment

4 APP Notification 7:30 18 December 2020

Now

Location : CHT (KL Bound) Toll : HK$20.0 Date : 18 Dec 2020 Time : 7:30am Payment : Toll Tag - AutoPay

5 How to Pay

Multiple Mobile App / Website Payment Means

AutoPay Bank Account 234-456-123-234 $ i

Stored-value 2min ago Credit Card Dir : To Facility Date : 12 Dec 2020, 7:30am Toll : HK$8.0

Lion Rock 1day ago Dir : To Shatin Date : 12 Dec 2020, 6:30pm Cash (only for Toll : HK$8.0

payment in arrears) Lion Rock 1day ago Dir : To Kowloon Date : 12 Dec 2020, 7:30am Toll : HK$8.0

Refreshed now16/1/202 TKO-LTT3 unread Tunnel messages 2

6 Alternatives

Toll Tag No Toll Tag (not linked to a specific vehicle)

1 Procure according to Vehicle 1 Recognise Licence Plate Type Number 2 No Vehicle Information 2 Payment in Arrears within Grace 3 Stored-value Account Period 4 Top-Up at Designated Locations

7 Toll Recovery Mechanism

1 2 Auto Payment Vehicle without Unsuccessful Toll Tag electronic notification electronic notification

Payment in Arrears within Grace Period

settled within not settled within grace period grace period

Notification to Payment Responsible Person Completed demanding for Unpaid Toll plus Surcharges

8 Toll Liability – Responsible Person

Existing FFTS

. Driver . Responsible Person  Registered Vehicle Owner . Toll Evasion: Maximum Penalty . Toll Evasion: Maximum Penalty  Fine of $5,000  Outstanding Toll  Imprisonment of 6 Months  Surcharges  Fine of $5,000

9 Collecting Email Address / Mobile Phone Number

Electronic Responsible Notification Person

. Remind Responsible . Provide Email Person to Pay Toll Address or Mobile within Grace Period Phone Number in (7 Business Days) Vehicle-related Licencing . Sent by Email or SMS Applications

10 Commercial Vehicles – Toll Splitting

1 Mobile App

2 Two-piece Device

3 Monthly Statement

11 Toll Service Provider

To Engage a Toll Service Toll-related Matters Provider through Open Tender for Handling Toll- . Issue of Toll Tags related Matters under FFTS . Toll Collection . Toll Recovery . Account Management . Customer Service

12 Mandating Use of Toll Tags in Future

Government’s Vision

. Mandate Use of Toll Tags . Pay Toll with Automated Payment

13 Legislative Amendments

To Provide for FFTS Amendments to Implementation Details and Procedures, Bringing Convenience to Motorists by . Road Tunnels (Government) Enabling Toll Payment with Ordinance (Cap. 368) Ease Using Toll Tags . Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374) . Tsing Sha Control Area Ordinance (Cap. 594) Introduce FFTS Bill into LegCo in Mar 2021

14 Legislative Amendments

Toll Toll Tag / Liability Others Collection Facilities

. Toll liability on . Collection and . Issuance and . Collection and vehicle owner recovery of tolls by governance of Toll update of mobile Government or Toll Tag phone number / . Payment method Service Provider email address for . (i.e. auto-payment Offences relating sending electronic . and payment in Surcharges to Toll Tag/FFTS toll payment arrears within the facilities . notification grace period of 7 Revised toll . business days) recovery Mandated use of mechanism with Toll Tag with auto- no imprisonment payment to pay toll penalty on toll in future evasion

15 Implementation Plan

Dec 2020- Public Engagement Q1 2021

Mar 2021 Introduce FFTS Bill into LegCo

End 2022 Start Rolling Out FFTS by Phases

16 Implementation Timetable (tentative)

Batch Tolled Tunnel

. 1 . . Tsing Sha Control Area

. . Cross-Harbour Tunnel * 2 . * . Tate’s Cairn Tunnel *

3 . *#

4 . *#

* Toll based on vehicle class # FFTS at the Western Harbour Crossing and Tai Lam Tunnel will be implemented after the 17 Government’s takeover of their respective ownership in August 2023 and May 2025. 18