Heung Yuen Wai Control Point () is a land border control point at the border at

Heung Yuen Wai Heung Yuen Wai () is a walled village in Ta Kwu Ling, North District, Hong Kong. Administration Heung Yuen Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represented within the Ta Kwu Ling Di ...

in North District,

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. Its counterpart across the border is Liantang Port ( in

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. The control point opened for freight trucks on 26 August 2020."Control Point Locations" www.immd.gov.hk
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History

According to the government, the border control point was needed to relieve the heavily used border control points (like

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) to the west. The control point was chosen to be built between Lo Wu Control Point and

Sha Tau Kok Control Point Sha Tau Kok Control Point () is a land immigration control point of Hong Kong, located in Sha Tau Kok, North District, New Territories, Hong Kong, along the border between mainland China and Hong Kong. Opening Sha Tau Kok was the second cross-b ...

Opening

Its opening was reported in at least one outlet in May 2019 as scheduled for September 2019."Liantang Port ready to open in September" China.org.cn, 31 May 2019
/ref> Other reports claimed it would open by the end of 2019.
/ref> The opening of the control point was further delayed due to the

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, as Hong Kong shut down all border crossings with Shenzhen except the

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to control the spread of the virus. On Friday 21 August 2020, it was announced that the Control Point would be opened on Wednesday 26 August 2020, albeit for cross-boundary trucks only.

Closed Area

Like all other immigration control points located along the land border of Hong Kong, Heung Yuen Wai Control Point will lie within the

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. Vehicles other than taxis will require a Closed Road Permit to enter.

Transport

A new dual-carriageway access highway,

Heung Yuen Wai Highway Heung Yuen Wai Highway, also abbreviated as HYWH, () is a controlled-access highway in North District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It diverges from Fanling Highway of Route 9 at Kau Lung Hang, crosses Sha Tau Kok Road and connects to Heung Yuen ...

, was built to link the control point from

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, connecting with the Eastern Corridor roadway on the mainland side. The highway comprises viaducts and two tunnels ( Cheung Shan Tunnel and Lung Shan Tunnel); the main viaduct was completed on 14 March 2018. The road was expected to open by the end of 2018, but its opening was delayed until 26 May 2019. Liantang Control Point in Shenzhen became further accessible from October 2020 onwards via an extension of Shenzhen metro line 2.

References

External links

Proposal for BCP terminal by WAU
{{Immigration Control Stations in Hong Kong Closed Area China–Hong Kong border crossings North District, Hong Kong