New link cuts travel time from Hong Kong to Jiangmen to just 90 minutes

Huangmaohai Cross-sea Passage, a western extension of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, predicted to increase flow of goods in Greater Bay Area

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The Huangmaohai Cross-sea Passage runs about 31km from Gaolan Port in Zhuhai to Doushan in Jiangmen. Photo: Getty Images

Published: 10:00am, 11 Dec 2024Updated: 3:06pm, 11 Dec 2024

A newly opened link connecting Jiangmen and Zhuhai in mainland China will further ease the flow of goods, including prebuilt construction modules essential for big infrastructure projects, between Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area cities, a major business chamber and lawmakers have said.

The Huangmaohai Cross-sea Passage, a western extension of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, runs about 31km (19 miles) from Gaolan Port in Zhuhai to Doushan in Jiangmen in the Pearl River Delta, with the section spanning the sea stretching nearly 14km.

The new link opened at 3pm on Wednesday, allowing Hongkongers to reach Jiangmen in just 1½ hours.

Stanley Chiang Chi-wai, chairman of the Lok Ma Chau China-Hong Kong Freight Association, said the new bridge was a boon for truck drivers hauling construction modules assembled in Jiangmen as they no longer needed to make detours.

“Drivers often receive orders from Jiangmen transporting Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) to Hong Kong. The new link will provide a faster and more direct route from Jiangmen to Zhuhai before reaching the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge,” Chiang said. “And we foresee such orders will increase due to the ongoing infrastructure projects in Hong Kong.”

The Huangmaohai passage is the third national-level cross-sea infrastructure project in the bay area, following the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge that opened in 2018 and the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link that launched in June.