Hong Kong commences Smart Motorway Pilot Scheme trial on Ting Kau Bridge

The Transport Department announced on Friday that the trial of the Smart Motorway Pilot Scheme will be launched at the road section of Ting Kau Bridge southbound (Tsing Yi bound) from midnight on December 29 (Sunday).

The department said all necessary works, including the installation of additional lane control signals and variable message signs as well as the full introduction of the Automatic Incident Detection System, have been completed at the above entire road section. 

With the application of artificial intelligence technology, the system can detect traffic incidents, stationary vehicles or other road abnormalities more efficiently, and swiftly notify operation staff of the Tsing Ma Control Area for follow-up, thereby substantially raising both the efficiency of handling and the capability to respond to incidents, it said.

The trial, lasting for a month, will be closely reviewed by the Transport Department on detailed operations of systems and technologies concerned and suitably adjusted with regard to actual needs.

“If it is smoothly held, the Transport Department will continuously monitor the Pilot Scheme and conduct a mid-term review of its effectiveness in about six months.

“Traffic data collected under the Pilot Scheme will also be conducive to the Government's formulation of the implementation strategy of smart motorways in future,” according to the department.