<p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">青衣汲水門大橋周五晚上發生躉船撞橋墩後不顧而去事故,令來往香港國際機場及東涌的陸路交通癱瘓,路政署及運輸署於周五深夜召開記者會解釋事件。路政署署長劉家強表示,青馬大橋裝有連接光纖的安全感應器,當橋身受到撞擊時,光纖會折斷觸動感應發出警報。事發時,管理公司發現警報器響起,檢查發現是有2條光纖折斷引致,進一步調查發現橋身曾出現不尋常擺動,遂按安全守則暫停大橋使用,直至證明安全才可再次通車。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">劉家強人員經指細檢查後,初步相信有一隻船經過時,有疊高的物件疑撞到橋身觸動感應器,檢查橋身後,未有發現結構性損毀;在證實安全後,隨即通知恢復通車。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">劉家強續說,今早路政署會再次到大橋進行檢查,確定是否有地方損毀需要維修,另署方會與相關部門進行會議檢討事件。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "> </p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">運輸署副署長羅鳳屏表示,本周五晚收到有關青馬大橋需要封閉檢查後,署方除即時透過手機APP、各電台及電視台等傳媒發出消息;其間亦要求大嶼山渡輪船公司增加服務,班次由30分鐘一班增至20分鐘一班,其間再增加3班特別班次,疏導逾1000名乘客;其間運輸署亦安排緊急渡輪服務由荃灣西至東涌,但其後因青馬大橋恢復通車,未有啟動。</span></p>