Macau (MNA) – The government of neighbouring Zhuhai announced on Thursday that a full-powered test of an integrated collection system of toll lanes to operate on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) began on December 4.
The test began when the 110kv transformer substation at the bridge’s Zhuhai-Macau frontier port island became fully operational.
The open toll system – developed by the Transportation Engineering Department of the project – incorporates both Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) and Manual Toll Collection (MTC) to speed vehicle flow.
The measure is the first of its kind in the country, according to a project head cited by the Zhuhai Government, with the process relying upon licence plate recognition technology compatible with toll collection software used by the three bridge hubs.
The licence plate recognition system was only tested for Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland cars, according to the release.
