2               PROJECT INFORMATION

Background

2.1         The Kwu Tung North (KTN) and Fanling North (FLN) New Development Areas (NDAs) are one of the important sources of land and housing supply in the medium and long term. The development of the KTN and FLN NDAs will be implemented in phase for full completion by 2031. The Phase 1 of the NDAs development, comprising the Advance Works and First Stage Works, is targeted to be implemented from the second half of 2019 progressively. The Advance and First Stage Works would include site formation, engineering infrastructure works (including roads, drainage, sewerage, waterworks, landscaping works, pumping stations, and fresh water and flushing water service reservoirs), soil remediation, reprovisioning of North District Temporary Wholesale Market, development of a nature park at Long Valley and implementation of environmental mitigation measures.

2.2         The scope of works under the Advance and First Stage Works comprises the following:

a)                   The Advance Works (PWP item No. 7747CL-2) consist of:

i)         site formation of land (including soil remediation) in KTN and FLN NDAs for housing, community facilities and engineering infrastructure;

ii)       construction of roads including the eastern section of Fanling Bypass (FLBP(E)) connecting the FLN NDA to Fanling Highway and other roads with footpaths and cycle tracks, and associated junction/ road improvements;

iii)     engineering infrastructure works including drainage. Sewerage (including two sewage pumping stations), waterworks (including a fresh water service reservoir and a flushing water service reservoir in the KTN NDA), landscape works and slopeworks;

iv)     part expansion and upgrading of Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works (SWHSTW);

v)        reprovisioning works; and

vi)     implementation of environmental mitigation measures and environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A) programme for the works mentioned in (i) to (v) above.

b)                  The First Stage Works (PWP item No. 7759CL) consist of:

i)         development of a nature park at Long Valley including provision of a visitor centre and a footbridge spanning across Sheung Yue River for connection between these two facilities;

ii)       reprovisioning of two egretry sites in the FLN NDA and enhancement works to an existing egretry site in the KTN NDA;

iii)     site formation of land for a village resite area and a district police station in the KTN NDA;

iv)     engineering infrastructure works including roads, drainage, sewerage, waterbirds, and landscape works; and 

v)        implementation of environmental mitigation measures and environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A) programme for the works mentioned in (i) to (iv) above.

2.3         The Project which covers KTN and FLN NDAs is a designated project (DP) under Schedule 3 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance (Cap. 499). In October 2013, the EIA Report (AEIAR-175/2013) for the Project was approved by the Director of Environmental Protection pursuant to the EIA Ordinance. The relevant EPs under the Project and the respective Work Contracts are summarised in Tables 2.1a and 2.1.b.

 

Table 2.1a         Summary of EPs under the Project and the Respective Work Contracts

EP No.

Designated Project

C1

C2

C3

C5A

C5B

C6

C7

EP-466/2013/A

Castle Peak Road Diversion

ü

　

EP-467/2013/A

Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road P1 and P2 and Associated New Kwu Tung Interchange and Pak Shek Au Interchange Improvement

ü

　

EP-468/2013/A

Kwu Tung North New Development Area Road D1 to D5

ü

ü

　

EP-469/2013

Sewage Pumping Stations in Kwu Tung North New Development Area

ü

　

EP-470/2013/A

Utilization of Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) from Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works

ü

　

EP-473/2013/A

Fanling Bypass Eastern Section

ü

ü

ü

　

EP-475/2013/A

Reprovision of temporary Wholesale Market in Fanling North New Development Area

ü

　

EP-546/2017

Fanling North Temporary Sewage Pumping Station

ü

　

                Notes: C1: ND/2019/01     C2: ND/2019/02  C3: ND/2019/03  C5A: ND/2019/04

                     C5B: ND/2019/05         C6: ND/2019/06  C7: ND/2019/07

Table 2.1b Summary of Scope of Works under concerned EP

Environmental Permit (EP) No.

Work Contract(s)

Scope of Works under concerned EP(s)

Site Layout Plan under concerned EP(s)

EP-466/2013/A(Part)

C1

Realign Castle Peak Road and join with the Pak Shek Au Interchange at the western end

Figure 12

EP-467/2013/A(Part)

C1

Construction of new primary distributor road (P1) within Kwu Tung North New Development Area

Figure 13

EP-468/2013/A(Part)

C1

Construction of new primary distributor roads (D1, D3, D4 and part of D5) within Kwu Tung North New Development Area

Figure 14

C3

Development of a nature park at Long Valley and ecological mitigation and enhancement works for the nature park (Condition 2.9)

Figure 15

EP-469/2013(Part)

C2

Construction of one sewage pumping station in Kwu Tung North with installed capacity of more than 2,000 m3 per day

Figure 16

EP-470/2013/A(Part)

C1

Construction of service reservoir and watermain for the reuse of treated sewage effluent for reuse in Kwu Tung North Development Areas

Figure 17

EP-473/2013/A(Part)

C3

Establishment of alternative egretry sites and enhance the existing egretry site at Ho Sheung Heung and/or its vicinity (Condition 2.7)

Figure 18

EP-473/2013/A(Part)

C5A

Construction of new district distributor inside FLN NDA, which provides a linkage between the Man Kam To Road and the proposed Fanling Bypass Eastern Section

Figure 19

EP-473/2013/A(Part)

C5B

Figure 20

EP-475/2013/A

C6

The re-provisioned wholesale market will have approximately 1,000 market stalls within a site area of around 1.3 ha

Figure21

EP-546/2017

C5A

Construct and operate a temporary sewage pumping station in Fanling North with installed capacity (average dry weather flow) of about 3,600m3/day

Figure 22

Remark: The EP(s) not related to the Project of the First Phase of the Kwu Tung North (KTN) and Fanling North (FLN) New Development Area (NDA) Development Areas are not included in the Table.

2.4         The site boundary of the Project and all Works Contracts are shown in Drawing No. 1.

2.5         The required submissions and submission status under Environmental Permits are shown in Appendix U.

2.6         The site layout plans under concerned Environmental Permits are shown in Figures 12 - 22.

Project Organization

2.7         Different parties with different levels of involvement in the Project organisation include:

Ÿ    Project Proponent – Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD)

Ÿ    Supervisor / Supervisor's Representative – AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.

Ÿ    Environmental Team (ET) – Wellab Limited

Ÿ    Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) – Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Ltd (MottMac)

2.8         The names and contact numbers of key personnel are summarised in Table 2.2.

Table 2.2     Key Contacts of the Project

Party

Role

Contact Person

Phone No.

Fax No.

Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR (CEDD)

Project Proponent

Mr. Ryan Chau

3797 5387

3547 1658

Supervisor / Supervisor's Representative

(AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.)

Chief Resident Engineer

Mr. Alan Lee

6398 5982

2680 9515

Senior Resident Engineer

Mr. King-man Chan

9651 2635

2680 9515

Environmental Team

(Wellab Limited)

Environmental Team Leader

Dr. Priscilla Choy

2898 7388

2898 7076

Independent Environmental Checker (MottMac)

Independent Environmental Checker

Mr. Thomas Chan

2828 5967

2827 1823

Contract No. ND/2019/01

Contractor (Build King – Richwell Engineering Joint Venture)

Site Agent

Mr. Ivan Leung

9640 8340

--

Environmental Officer

Mr. Edward Tam

9287 8270

Contract No. ND/2019/02

Contractor (Chun Wo – Kwan Lee Joint Venture.)

Site Agent

Mr. Andy Chan

3485 9780

--

Environmental Officer

Mr. Sofi So

9637 1667

Contract No. ND/2019/03

Contractor (Sang Hing Kuly Joint Venture)

Site Agent

Mr. Tang Wing Kai

9300 7037

--

Environmental Officer

Mr. Ken Cheung

9803 5297

Contract No. ND/2019/04

Contractor (Daewoo – Chun Wo – Kwan Lee Joint Venture)

Site Agent

Mr. Eric Wu

9786 8630

--

Environmental Officer

Mr. Sam Lam

6178 3179

Contract No. ND/2019/05

Contractor (CRCC – Paul Y. Joint Venture)

Site Agent

Mr. Darvin Lo

9467 5891

--

Environmental Manager

Mr. Pan Fong

9436 9435

Environmental Officer

Mr. Kevin Cheung

6117 1344

Contract No. ND/2019/06

Contractor (New Concepts Engineering Development Ltd.)

Project Manager

Mr. Joe Cheng

9861 0060

--

Environmental Officer

Mr. Alex Choy

6360 3236

Contract No. ND/2019/07

Contractor (China Road and Bridge Corporation)

Site Agent

Mr. Mac Chow

9169 9567

--

Environmental Manager

Mr. K. M. Lui

5113 8223

Environmental Officer

Ms. Sedo Sze

5111 8018

 

Summary of Construction Works Undertaken During Reporting Month

2.9         The major site activities undertaken in the reporting month are shown in Table 2.3.

Table 2.3     Summary Table for Major Site Activities in the Reporting Month

Contract No.

Site Activities (April 2024)

ND/2019/01

(a)          Drainage works, watermain works and sheet piles in Portion 1a

(b)         Site formation, shoring (sheet pile) and construction of noise barrier in Portion 1c

(c)          Sheet piling, site formation, drainage works and road works in Portion 2

(d)         Watermain works, site formation, drainage works and slope works in Portion 3

(e)          Site formation and pipe jacking in Portion 5

(f)          Backfilling, drainage works, watermain works and district cooling system in Portion 6a

(g)         Operation of HAC treatment facility in Portion 6b

(h)         Excavation, drainage works, watermain works and road works in Portion 7

(i)           RC construction of fresh water reservoir, drainage works, watermain works, backfilling works and construction of receiving pit in Portion 8a

(j)           Trenchless work, watermain construction and ground treatment works in Portion 8b

(k)         Sheet piling, excavation, drainage, watermain works and district cooling system in Portion 9b

(l)           Excavation and drainage works in Portion 11b

(m)       Site clearance, removal of existing structures and site formation in Portion 13

ND/2019/02

(a)            Pipe Jacking

(b)           Backfilling

(c)            Concreting

(d)           Bedding and pipe laying

(e)            ELS

(f)            Sheet Pile Installation

(g)           Cut and Fill of Slope

ND/2019/03

(a)          Portion 2 to Portion 20C

-           Wetland creation & restoration, Dry agricultural land creation

-           Construction of Water Treatment Wetland

-           Tree felling and tree pruning work

ND/2019/04

(a)           Pile Cap

(b)           Back Filling

(c)           Excavation

(d)           Grouting

(e)           Road works

(f)            Formwork and Scaffolding Erection

(g)           Rebar Fixing

(h)           ELS

ND/2019/05

(a)          South Team

-          E3-04b – Pier completed & Portal beam in progress

-          E4-01 – Pier head completed.

-          E4-02 – 2nd layer of shoring completed. Excavation in progress.

-          E4-03M – Pipe pile wall completed. 1st layer of shoring installation in progress.

-          D2-04M – Sheetpiling works in progress.

-          Works in TWSRE

A.     BBI cover walkway (Steelwork) – 1st stage completed.

B.      Extension to HKY Footbridge – Temporarily opened to public.

C.      BBI Toilet – Backfilling and drainage works in progress at basement level.

D.     TWSRE TTA Stage 3 – Implementation of TTA on 27 March 2024.

-          Works in TWSRW

A.     FS04 – Rock slope strengthening works in progress. Slope toe U-Channel in progress.

B.      FS06 – Remaining section of 300UC to CP3 in progress.

C.      HKY Access Road – Road and Drain in progress for footpath diversion.

D.     Sewerage work – Laying 600Dia pipes from FW06 toward FS04 is in progress.

E.      Gas Pipe laying (IPA400/HP600) – Pipe laying in progress. Target completion by Towngas on 20 July 2024.

F.      Lift LT02 – 2nd layer of shoring installed. Pile cap target to complete on 20 April 2024.

-          Noise barrier NB109

A.     Bay 12 – Top wall completed.

B.      Bay 13 – Blinding layer casted. Footing to be casted on 17 April 2024.

C.      Bay 16-20 – Removal of central median completed. Temporary lighting completed.

-          Noise barrier NB70

A.        Bay 1-6 – Removal of central median completed. Temporary lighting completed.

-          Noise barrier NB69

A.         Bay 5c, 6a – Backfilling completed.

B.          Bay 2b – Footing and bottom wall casted. Temporary backfilled for portal beam construction.

C.          Bay 3 – Shoring completed. Excavation in progress.

D.         Bay 6c, 7 – Footing completed. Bottom wall in progress.

E.          Bay 8 – Shoring completed. Excavation in progress.

-          Noise barrier NB110

A.         Bay 6 – Wall construction in progress. Target to be complete on 18 April 2024.

B.          Bay 7 – Wall completed.

C.          Haul Road formed for piling works at Bay 10.

D.         Vertical Shaft for locating existing 132kV in progress.

-          Noise barrier NB 29

A.         Bay 12, 13 (near Fanling Hwy) – Bottom wall completed.

B.          Bay 14, 15 (near Fanling Hwy) – Blinding layer casted. Rebar fixing at Bay 14 in progress.

C.          Bay 13 to 10 (near West Road) – Sheetpiling completed.

(b)         North Team

-          C1-02 portal beam construction completed.

-          Rebar fixing for C1-01 MJ portal construction (1st pour) in progress.

-          Falsework erection for B2-01 cross head construction in progress.

-          Formwork erection for B2-02 & B2-03 cross head construction in progress.

-          Construction of remaining abutment wall near B1-02 portal beam was in progress.

-          head wall was in progress.

-          Backfilling at C3-03a & C3-04a were completed.

-          Reinstatement of grasscrete at C4-01a & C3-04b were completed. Reinstatement of grasscrete at C3-03b was in progress.

-          Dismantle of temp concrete block platform at C4-01b was completed and subsequent backfilling was in progress.

-          Catchpit construction at C4-02 was completed and construction of drain pipe and outfall were in progress.

-          On Kui Street - Construction of manhole & associated DN 900 drain pipe were in progress.

-          Temporary haul road in On Lok Garden was in progress.

-          JCR: Construction of new central median & ducting works for traffic signal & road light were in progress.

-          JCR: Construction of pipe support for DN 150 exposed pipe & pipe laying works were in progress.

-          JCR & Tong Hang Village J/O improvement works: Construction of box-culvert & extension head wall was completed. Construction of FW 51 was completed. Reinstatement of 3SW-C/F221 was in progress.

-          JCR: Water works near FS05 was in progress.

(c)          Bridges and Structures

-          Total 5 Type C segments casted in DongGuan Casting yard.

-          Total 629 segments were delivered to site, and total 582 segments erected.

-          C2-01 T-span completed.

-          Segment erection at C1-04~C2-01 end span by LG in progress.

-          Completed concreting B2, B3, B4 of Bridge B1.

-          Total 310 pcs of parapet-skin fabricated; 213 pcs of parapet skin arrived to site; 145 pcs of parapet skin erected.

-          Casting concrete for D2-01 SOP completed.

-          Installation of deck void drainage at Bridge D1&E1 in progress.

-          Removal of top portion of lift tower NF83A in progress.

-          Construction of concrete block platform for D1-04 end span erection completed.

(d)         Form Traveler

-              T- Span at D2-03 completed.

-              Form traveler launching for 07th pair segment at E2-01 in progress.

-              Form traveler launching for 4th pair segment at E2-03 in progress.

-              FT02 dismantling at E3-01 in progress & assembly at E3-02 in progress

-              FT03 dismantling at D2-02 in progress & assembly at D2-01 in progress

-              Completed concreting E2-E2-01-E2-02-S06, E2-E2-01-E1-04-01-S06

-              Completed concreting D2-D2-03-D2-04-S08, D2-D2-03-D2-02-S08 & D2-D2-03-D2-04-S09

-              Completed concreting E2-E2-03-E2-02-S02 & E2-E2-03-E3-01-S02 , E2-E2-03-E2-02-S03 & E2-E2-03-E3-01-S03.

ND/2019/06

The construction phase was completed and handed over to AFCD since 4 April 2022.

D/2019/07

(a)            Road works at Portion 1, 4 and 5

(b)           C&D waste disposal at Portion 1, 2, 4 and 5

(c)            Drainage works, Sewerage works at Portion 2, 3, 4 and 5

(d)           Construction of box culvert at Portion 2

(e)            Filling works at Portion 2 and 4

(f)            Construction of site haul road at Portion 4

(g)           Waterworks at Portion 1, 2 and 4

Construction Programme

2.10     Copies of Contractors’ construction programmes are provided in Appendix A.

Status of Environmental Licences, Notifications and Permits

2.11     A summary of the relevant permits, licences, and/or notifications on environmental protection for this Project is presented in Table 2.4.

Table 2.4     Status of Environmental Licences, Notifications and Permits

Contract No.

Permit / Licence No.

Valid Period

Status

From

To

Environmental Permit (EP)

ND/2019/01

EP-466/2013/A

21/11/2013

N/A

Valid

EP-467/2013/A

27/01/2017

N/A

Valid

EP-468/2013/A

27/01/2017

N/A

Valid

EP-470/2013/A

21/11/2013

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/02

EP-469/2013

21/11/2013

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/03

EP-468/2013/A

27/01/2017

N/A

Valid

EP-473/2013/A

27/01/2017

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/04

EP/473/2013/A

27/01/2017

N/A

Valid

EP/546/2017

16/11/2017

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/05

EP-473/2013/A

27/01/2017

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/06

EP-475/2013/A

13/01/2017

N/A

Valid

Construction Noise Permit (CNP)

ND/2019/01

GW-RN0053-24

21/01/2024

20/04/2024

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0031-24

13/01/2024

12/04/2024

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0073-24

29/01/2024

28/04/2024

Cancelled and superseded by GW-RN0413-24

In the reporting month

GW-RN0238-24

15/03/2024

14/06/2024

Cancelled and superseded by GW-RN0423-24

In the reporting month

GW-RN0198-24

01/03/2024

30/06/2024

Cancelled and superseded by GW-RN0432-24

In the reporting month

GW-RN1146-23

19/11/2023

18/05/2024

Valid

GW-RN0187-24

29/02/2024

28/05/2024

Valid

GW-RN0432-24

18/04/2024

17/06/2024

Valid

GW-RN0290-24

25/03/2024

24/06/2024

Valid

GW-RN0381-24

13/04/2024

12/07/2024

Valid

GW-RN0423-24

16/04/2024

15/07/2024

Valid

GW-RN0413-24

16/04/2024

15/08/2024

Valid

GW-RN0069-24

01/03/2024

31/08/2024

Valid

GW-RN0070-24

01/03/2024

31/08/2024

Valid

ND/2019/02

GW-RN1163-23

08/11/2023

07/04/2024

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0130-23

10/02/2024

09/05/2024

Valid

GW-RN0374-23

01/04/2024

30/06/2024

Valid

GW-RN0411-23

19/04/2024

18/07/2024

Valid

ND/2019/04

GW-RN0020-24

08/01/2024

07/04/2024

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0095-24

05/02/2024

04/05/2024

Valid

GW-RN0351-24

28/03/2024

25/05/2024

Valid

GW-RN0246-24

13/03/2024

12/06/2024

Valid

GW-RN0399-24

07/04/2024

12/07/2024

Valid

GW-RN0416-24

14/04/2024

21/07/2024

Valid

ND/2019/05

GW-RN0014-24

12/01/2024

11/04/2024

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0147-24

29/02/2024

28/04/2024

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0097-24

01/02/2024

31/05/2024

Valid

GW-RN0301-24

27/03/2024

26/06/2024

Valid

GW-RN0132-24

01/03/2024

30/06/2024

Valid

GW-RN0334-24

26/03/2024

25/06/2024

Valid

GW-RN0335-24

01/04/2024

30/06/2024

Valid

GW-RN0165-24

01/03/2024

31/08/2024

Valid

GW-RN0340-24

12/04/2024

11/07/2024

Valid

GW-RN0371-24

05/04/2024

30/06/2024

Valid

GW-RN0385-24

29/04/2024

30/06/2024

Valid

GW-RN0471-24

22/04/2024

31/05/2024

Valid

Notification pursuant to Air Pollution Control (Construction Dust) Regulation

ND/2019/01

451792

11/12/2019

N/A

Valid

477388

02/03/2022

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/02

454012

05/03/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/03

452216

24/12/2019

N/A

Valid

452332

31/12/2019

N/A

Valid

452333

31/12/2019

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/04

461184

23/10/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/05

454323

13/03/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/06

449369

24/09/2019

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/07

459393

28/08/2020

N/A

Valid

Billing Account for Disposal of Construction Waste

ND/2019/01

7036265

17/01/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/02

7036898

01/04/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/03

7036378

22/01/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/04

7038391

22/09/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/05

7036901

01/04/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/06

7035473

17/10/2019

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/07

7038309

14/09/2020

N/A

Valid

Registration of Chemical Waste Producer

ND/2019/01

5213-545-B2578-01

10/01/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/02

5213-548-C4439-01

06/05/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/03

5213-623-S4231-01

14/04/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/04

5211-624-D2709-01

26/11/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/05

5213-625-C4464-01

20/05/2020

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/06

5213-625-N2716-01

02/10/2019

N/A

Valid

ND/2019/07

5213-625-C4498-01

21/09/2020

N/A

Valid

Effluent Discharge License under Water Pollution Control Ordinance

ND/2019/01

WT00036071-2020

22/06/2020

30/06/2025

Valid

WT00036073-2020

22/06/2020

30/06/2025

Valid

WT00036067-2020

22/06/2020

30/06/2025

Valid

WT00036075-2020

22/06/2020

30/06/2025

Valid

WT00036076-2020

22/06/2020

30/06/2025

Valid

WT00037191-2020

21/04/2022

28/02/2026

Valid

WT00037204-2020

16/11/2022

28/02/2026

Valid

WT00037412-2021

16/11/2022

30/04/2026

Valid

WT00037564-2021

19/04/2021

30/04/2026

Valid

WT00037886-2021

28/06/2021

30/06/2026

Valid

WT00041311-2022

21/06/2022

30/06/2027

Valid

ND/2019/02

WT00036584-2020

21/10/2020

31/10/2025

Valid

WT00036952-2020

17/12/2020

31/12/2025

Valid

ND/2019/03

WT00035847-2020

12/08/2020

31/08/2025

Valid

WT00036414-2020

25/02/2021

28/02/2026

Valid

WT00037771-2021

08/07/2021

31/07/2026

Valid

WT00035984-2020

25/02/2021

28/02/2026

Valid

ND/2019/04

WT00037539-2021

02/06/2022

30/04/2026

Valid

ND/2019/05

WT00036996-2020

22/12/2020

31/12/2025

Valid

ND/2019/06

WT00035415-2019

20/03/2020

31/03/2025

Valid

ND/2019/07

WT00037526-2021

21/04/2022

31/05/2026

Valid