Chapter five hundred and seventy-eight of the new airport
Regarding the official opening of the Tai Lam Tunnel, both members of the Tung Wah Association and senior officials of the Xin Jian Department, as well as the Bryan government, attach great importance to this.
At nine o'clock in the morning on June 1, Li Jianhui, Li Guobao, Lei Juekun, Zhou Bingqian, Kesos and others specially came to the Tsuen side of Tai Lam Tunnel.
Because the center of the Xin Jian Department is Yuen Long rather than Tsuen Wan, the Tai Lam Tunnel toll station is also on the Yuen Long side, where vehicles entering and exiting the Tai Lam Tunnel pay tolls.
The current Tai Lam Tunnel is different from the one in its previous life. In its previous life, it mainly cooperated with the Route 3 project, so the line was more considered to connect Yuen Long to Kwai Tsing.
The current Tai Lam Tunnel is being built in the hope that Tin Shui City can reach Kowloon City via Tsuen Wan as quickly as possible. Therefore, the tunnel is a little longer than the previous one, reaching 4.1 kilometers.
Starting today, it only takes about 20 minutes from Tin Shui City to the center of Tsuen Wan, about 40 minutes to Kowloon City, and about 50 minutes to Central.
Of course, these are self-driving and ideal conditions. Queuing at toll stations or waiting in traffic jams will take a little longer.
For example, there is no tunnel through Tuen Mun. Under ideal conditions, it would only take about twenty minutes longer, but that is only an ideal condition.
The reality is that because there is no Tai Lam Tunnel, the Tuen Mun Highway is the only way from Yuen Long to the city. With the increasing number of vehicles, it has long been overwhelmed. Traffic jams are common, and the distance that can be covered in half an hour can often be covered.
It takes an hour or two.
After the opening of the Tai Lam Tunnel this time, it will play a very good role in diversion. Buses from the urban area to Yuen Long will basically use the Tai Lam Tunnel in the future, and small cars will also basically go here.
Perhaps in the future, if you take Tuen Mun Highway, in addition to the vehicles going to Tuen Mun, there will be more trucks. After all, after the Tai Lam Tunnel is opened to traffic, the traffic jam on Tuen Mun Highway will be alleviated, and there is no need to pay tolls on Tuen Mun Highway.
"Mr. Li, congratulations! I believe that with the continuous development of Yuen Long, Tai Lam Tunnel will definitely become the cash milk of the Xinjian Department."
"I am very grateful to Mr. Kesos for coming to attend the opening ceremony of the Tailan Tunnel. The opening of the Tailan Tunnel can better connect the new urban area of Tianshui City and the main urban area, and can also better promote the development of the new urban area of Tianshui City.
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At the same time, we very much hope that the subway from Tsuen Wan to Tin Shui City mentioned by the government can be constructed and put into operation as soon as possible. This will also help promote the balanced economic development of Hong Kong. With convenient transportation, Hong Kong citizens will no longer need to continue to crowd in Kowloon City and Hong Kong.
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It's a pity that Kesos did not accept Li Jianhui's words. At present, the government's main focus is still on several universities and several subway lines under construction.
Not only will the Tai Lam Tunnel be opened to traffic this year, but early next month, the subway line from Kwun Tong to Tseung Kwan O will also be opened to traffic after several years of construction. In September, the Tate Lam Tunnel, invested by many companies in the Nan Kong Association, will also be opened to traffic.
It can be said that this year is a year of great development for transportation in Hong Kong. Whether it is the opening of the two major tunnels or the operation of the Kwun Tong to Tseung Kwan O subway line, the travel of Hong Kong citizens will be greatly improved.
And obviously the Bryan government hopes to make greater achievements in this area. Xosos did not respond to the subway line, but mentioned the new airport project.
Especially after learning that Li Jianhui intended to jointly build Pengcheng Airport with Beibian, Xosos was even more interested in Li Jianhui's attention.
He has even arranged for personnel to contact Zhou Bingqian to communicate with her about the new airport project.
It's just that Li Jianhui is not very interested in investing in the new airport in Hong Kong for the time being. The main reason is that Kai Tak Airport can temporarily meet the needs of Hong Kong. In addition, he is not willing to spend too much money on it for the time being.
As for the projects he mentioned here, none of them can easily achieve cooperation, especially during this period. Without several years of communication, it is simply impossible.
Think about the Yangcheng to Pengcheng Expressway in the previous life. It took nearly ten years from the time Hu Yinxiang mentioned it to the official start of construction.
"Li Sheng, although our Kai Tak Airport can still meet the needs of development, as our Hong Kong economy continues to develop and the demand for air transportation is increasing, Kai Tak Airport will face increasing pressure.
Moreover, Kai Tak Airport is located in Kowloon City. Although there have been no major accidents in recent years, we cannot ignore safety risks.
If Mr. Li is interested in investing in a new airport project, our government can allow him to be a wholly-owned shareholder and the airport will be managed by the investors themselves. Our government will only be responsible for the approval of routes.
And at a certain time, Kai Tak Airport will only be used as a dedicated airport for private jets and helicopters, mainly serving customers with private jets and the helicopter route from Hong Kong to Lisboa."
The conditions given by Xosos can be said to be quite attractive. If Xin Jian really invests in the new airport and obtains these conditions, let alone putting it into operation, as soon as the news gets out, the stock prices of Cathay Pacific and Hongya Airlines will plummet.
Just investing in such an airport will cost at least HKD 30 billion, and Li Jianhui is also worried that Kai Tak Airport will continue to operate after the new airport is put into operation.
You must know that Kai Tak Airport is in Kowloon City. If citizens have a choice, they will definitely choose to go to Kai Tak Airport first. Not to mention the possible safety hazards, Xiangjiang citizens have long been accustomed to it over the years.
Once the government maintains the dual-airport operation model, the investment will be somewhat uneconomical.
Moreover, Li Jianhui has never forgotten that the Bryan government cannot always call the shots. Once it returns, it is unlikely that the other side will be willing to see the Xin Jian Department operating the airport as a sole proprietor. An effective way to do this is to allow Kai Tak Airport to continue
If the operation continues, the other side will also have excuses to promote fair competition in the aviation industry.
"Mr. Xos, I need to discuss the investment in the new airport with the senior management.
And I think that after the new airport is established, Kai Tak Airport will have completed its mission and there will be no need for its existence. At the same time, it will be able to avoid possible safety accidents.
Once the new airport is put into use, I think all flights from Kai Tak Airport will be moved to the new airport, and Kai Tak Airport will undergo commercial real estate development. What do you think?"
Xosos did not expect Li Jianhui to be so ruthless. He wanted to completely cut off the threat that Kai Tak Airport may pose to the new airport in the future. Once Kai Tak Airport is used for real estate development, then the Xinjian Department will have the final say on the flight arrangements at Xiangjiang Airport.
Cathay Pacific and Hongya will have no initiative at all. As long as Li Jianhui wants to, these two airlines are likely to be suppressed and bankrupt.
It's just that it is obviously impossible for Xosos to agree with Li Jianhui's opinion. His previous mention of the subsequent use of Kai Tak Airport was more of an excuse, otherwise he would not have said a certain time.
In the vision of the Bryan government, once Li Jianhui invests in the new airport, the new airport will be mainly used by the Star Alliance headed by Xiangjiang Airlines in the future, which includes Malay Airlines, Sin Chew Air, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Indonesia
Airlines, Korean Air, All Nippon Airways, Air Canada, British Airways, Qantas, KLM.
Kai Tak Airport has become the base airport for Cathay Pacific and Hongya Airlines, and is also the business airport of other airlines in Hong Kong.
It's a pity that Li Jianhui didn't take the bait, and Xosos had no good solution for the time being. He could only go back and discuss with Brian again.
While promoting the Xinjian Department and even the Donghua Association to enter more industries involving basic people's livelihood, it also established enough opponents for the Donghua Association to contain the Donghua Association and prevent it from becoming the Tunghua Association's voice.