I refer to “Zhuhai bid for bridge raises fear of rivalry” (February 11). The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge has only recently been commissioned, with Hong Kong taxpayers footing a hefty portion of the bill, but the initial business usage is far below official expectations. A road bridge from Shenzhen to Zhongshan is already under construction and targeted for completion in 2024. This project may draw as much as 40 per cent of the potential traffic away from “our bridge”, and reduce the regional dominance of the Hong Kong International Airport.

While this third road and express railway bridge from Zhuhai to Shenzhen may be a good idea for the Greater Bay Area, the patronage of the Hong Kong-Zuhai-Macau Bridge will again suffer. These three bridges illustrate how municipalities waste public money, because blinkered rivalries impaired proper integrated planning. In Hong Kong, the Tsang administration must bear responsibility for this.

Your editorial, “Hong Kong need not fear competition with its Pearl River rivals” (February 13), is upbeat, but it is doubtful that directives from central government and the blueprint for the Greater Bay Area will be implemented smoothly, as many old stones lie on the road to the implementation of that plan.