Government Tolled Tunnels + Control Area LC Paper No. CB(4)
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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 Lion Rock 2min ago Credit Card Dir : To Kowloon 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 . Lion Rock Tunnel 1 . Shing Mun Tunnels . Tsing Sha Control Area . Aberdeen Tunnel . Cross-Harbour Tunnel * 2 . Eastern Harbour Crossing * . Tate’s Cairn Tunnel * 3 . Western Harbour Crossing *# 4 . Tai Lam Tunnel *# * 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.