New toll system, cheaper fees in place as Hong Kong's Tai Lam Tunnel handed over
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The Transport Department announced that the government had taken over the tunnel at midnight and conducted works to implement the HKeToll system.
Authorities temporarily closed some traffic lanes in the toll plaza and roads to the 3.8km (2.4 miles) tunnel, which links Pat Heung and Ting Kau in the New Territories, in phases between 1am and 3am.
The tunnel was then closed for two hours as the Highways Department changed road markings, adjusted traffic lanes, replaced signs and covered the toll booths.
It reopened at 5am with the HKeToll system in operation.
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It was the last franchised tunnel in the city to be taken over by the government.
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