In a government-run online news bulletin, officials urged residents to stagger their travel plans and avoid flocking to Huanggang Port immediately after it reopens next week. The advisory highlights data from the last National Day holiday showing that cross-border bus waiting times at peak hours stretched to 45 minutes at Lok Ma Chau and the Shenzhen Bay port. The notice points travellers to the “PortConnect” one-stop portal, which now displays real-time queue times for both pedestrian and private-car channels. The bulletin also announces that drones and CCTV analytics will monitor traffic choke points on San Tin Highway, and that contingency bus fleets will be stationed in a buffer zone outside the port complex. Loudspeaker announcements in Cantonese, Putonghua and English will direct overflow crowds to alternative land crossings such as Shenzhen Bay and the express-rail terminus at Futian. The messaging reflects lessons learned from the 1–7 October Golden Week, when Hong Kong recorded 7.44 million boundary movements—6% above 2019 levels. By warning of possible bottlenecks, the government hopes to spread demand and prevent a repeat of the three-hour queues seen when the Heung Yuen Wai/Liantang port first opened fully in 2025. For multinational employers, the guidance underscores the need to schedule meetings in Shenzhen flexibly during the port’s first fortnight and to brief travelling staff on alternative clearance points. Firms that rely on just-in-time cross-border trucking should pre-register drivers in the joint-clearance vehicle lane and build extra lead time into supply-chain plans.
Source: news.gov.hk
