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 summarized in Table
2.1.
Table 2.1 Summary of EPs under the Project and the
Respective Work Contracts
|
EP No. |
Designated Project |
C1 |
C2 |
C3 |
C5A |
C5B |
C6 |
C7 |
|
|
Castle Peak Road Diversion |
ü |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Kwu Tung North New
Development Area Road P1 and P2 and Associated New Kwu
Tung Interchange and Pak Shek Au Interchange
Improvement |
ü |
|
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|
|
|
||
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Kwu Tung North New
Development Area Road D1 to D5 |
ü |
|
ü |
|
|
|
|
||
|
Sewage Pumping Stations in Kwu
Tung North New Development Area |
|
ü |
|
|
|
|
|
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Utilization of Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) from
Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works |
ü |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Fanling Bypass Eastern
Section |
|
|
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
|
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Reprovision of temporary
Wholesale Market in Fanling North New Development
Area |
|
|
|
|
|
ü |
|
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|
EP-546/2017 |
Fanling North Temporary
Sewage Pumping Station |
|
|
|
ü |
|
|
|
Note:
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
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 Q.
2.6
Different
parties with different levels of involvement in the Project organization
include:
Ÿ Project Proponent – Civil
Engineering and Development Department (CEDD)
Ÿ Supervisor
/ Supervisor's Representative – AECOM
Ÿ Environmental Team (ET) – Wellab Limited
Ÿ Independent Environmental Checker
(IEC) – Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Ltd (MottMac)
2.7
The
key personnel contact names and numbers 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. Felix Fan |
3152 3551 |
3547
1658 |
|
Supervisor / Supervisor's Representative (AECOM) |
Chief Resident Engineer |
Mr. Alan Lee |
6398
5982 |
2645
3900 |
|
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. Luk Wai Lam |
3485 9780 |
-- |
|
Environmental Officer |
Mr. Ng
Tao, Richard |
9802 9577 |
||
|
Contract No. ND/2019/03 Contractor
(Sang Hing Kuly Joint
Venture) |
Site Agent |
Mr. Tang
Wing Kai |
9300 7037 |
-- |
|
Environmental Officer |
Mr. Chow
Ka Wing |
9184 6351 |
||
|
Environmental Supervisor |
Mr.
Ken Kwok |
9732 4360 |
||
|
Contract No. ND/2019/05 Contractor
(CRCC – Paul Y. Joint Venture) |
Site Agent |
Mr. Francis
Suen |
6672 0311 |
-- |
|
Environmental Officer |
Mr.
Pan Fong |
9436 9435 |
||
|
Contract No. ND/2019/06 Contractor
(New Concepts Engineering Development Ltd.) |
Site Agent |
Mr.
Anson Chan |
9349 1320 |
2363 2162 |
|
Environmental Officer |
Mr.
Alex Choy |
9409 9608 |
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|
Environmental Coordinator |
Ms.
Mildred Hung |
9460 2745 |
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 (December 2020) |
|
ND/2019/01 |
(a)
Site clearance and site
formation in Portion 1f (b)
Site clearance, ground investigation
and working platform erection for soil nail in Portion 2 (c)
Site clearance and ground
investigation in Portion 3 (d)
Erection
of temporary noise barrier steel frame in Portion 4 (e)
Site clearance, temporary
slope cutting for temporary soil nailing, Stockpile of soil, ground
investigation in Portion 5 (f)
Site clearance, temporary
slope cutting for temporary soil nailing, sheetpiling
and excavation, pipes laying, backfilling, pre-bored H-piling in Portion 6a (g)
Arsenic soil treatment works
in Portion 6b (h)
Site clearance, construction
of temporary road for alternative Po Lau Road, land contamination assessment
in Area T2 & T3 in Portion 7 (i)
Ground Investigation,
construction of retaining wall, slope cutting, soil nailing, slope drainage
and maintenance access construction, excavation for fresh water service
reservoir, RC construction of flushing water service reservoir in Portion 8a (j)
Ground Investigation (trial
pits) in Portion 8b (k)
Construction of temporary haul road in Portion 9b (l)
Site clearance and stockpile
of soil in Portion 9c (m)
Pipes laying, sheetpiling for ELS and excavation works in Portion 10a (n)
Site clearance in Portion
10b |
|
ND/2019/02 |
(a)
GI (b)
Tree
felling (c)
ELS (d)
Hoarding
erection (e)
Pre-bored
Socked H-pile |
|
ND/2019/03 |
(a)
Drainage
works along Yin Kong Road at Portion 1 (b)
Recommended
Initial Maintenance Work, Erection of Permanent Boundary Structure,
Construction of Irrigation Channel, Geotechnical Works in Long Valley (Trail
Pits & Drill Hole), Construction of Temporary Road in Long Valley,
Asbestos Removal in Long Valley, Demolition of Existing Construction in
Handed over Area, Construction works of storage shed and Type 2 Storage
House, Wetland Creation & Restoration works after Obtaining Approval from
AFCD in Portion 2 to 20 (c)
Soiling at Portion 22 and Rose
Bitterling Translocation in Portion 25, 26 and 27. |
|
ND/2019/05 |
(a)
Construction
of Utilities, drainage, car park and miscellany, CLP power supply works,
EM&A works and tree transplant at Project Manager’s Site
Accommodation (b)
Ground
investigation works and Public service removal application at Jockey Club
Road (c)
Site
formation and Utilities
diversion works at Tai Wo Service Road West |
|
ND/2019/06 |
(a)
Construction of finishing
works, E&M works and Building Services works of Management Office
Building (MOB) at Portion 4 is in progress. (b)
Installation of steel
canopy column at Portion 3 is in progress. (c)
Drainage works in the final
stage market at Portion 3 is in progress (d)
Formation of carriageway
and footway at Portion 3 is in progress (e)
Tree felling at Portion 6
is in progress. (f)
Installation of temporary
lighting for the area between Wing Ning Wai Footbridge and the footbridge to
On Chuen Street adjacent to Shung
Him Tong Village along Ma Wat River was completed on 19 Dec 2020. (g)
Off-site fabrication, welding and application
of coating of columns and steel truss of steel canopy in China is in progress (h)
Slope improvement works at
Portion 6 are in progress |
2.8
A
copy of Contractors’ construction programme is
provided in Appendix A.
2.9
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 Licenses, Notifications and Permits
|
Contract
No. |
Permit /
License No. |
Valid Period |
Status |
|
|
From |
To |
|||
|
Environmental
Permit (EP) |
||||
|
ND/2019/01 |
EP-466/2013 |
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 |
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 |
21/11/2013 |
N/A |
Valid |
|
|
ND/2019/05 |
EP-473/2013/A |
21/11/2013 |
N/A |
Valid |
|
ND/2019/06 |
EP-475/2013/A |
13/01/2017 |
N/A |
Valid |
|
Construction Noise
Permit (CNP) |
||||
|
ND/2019/01 |
GW-RN0540-20 |
29/07/2020 |
16/01/2021 |
Valid |
|
GW-RN0626-20 |
16/09/2020 |
15/03/2021 |
Valid |
|
|
GW-RN0625-20 |
08/09/2020 |
07/03/2021 |
Valid |
|
|
GW-RN0904-20 |
23/12/2020 |
22/03/2021 |
Valid |
|
|
ND/2019/03 |
GW-RN0649-20 |
13/09/2020 |
28/02/2021 |
Valid |
|
ND/2019/05 |
GW-RN0578-20 |
11/08/2020 |
03/02/2021 |
Valid |
|
GW-RN0788-20 |
05/11/2020 |
04/05/2021 |
Valid |
|
|
GW-RN0890-20 |
21/12/2020 |
20/3/2021 |
Valid |
|
|
ND/2019/06 |
GW-RN0507-20 |
25/07/2020 |
24/01/2021 |
Valid |
|
Notification pursuant
to Air Pollution Control (Construction Dust)
Regulation |
||||
|
ND/2019/01 |
451792 |
11/12/2019 |
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/2019/05 |
454323 |
13/03/2020 |
N/A |
Valid |
|
ND/2019/06 |
449369 |
24/09/2019 |
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/2019/05 |
7036901 |
01/04/2020 |
N/A |
Valid |
|
ND/2019/06 |
7035473 |
17/10/2019 |
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/2019/05 |
5213-625-C4464-01 |
20/05/2020 |
N/A |
Valid |
|
ND/2019/06 |
5213-625-N2716-01 |
02/10/2019 |
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 |
|
|
WT00036076-2020 |
22/06/2020 |
30/06/2025 |
Valid |
|
|
WT00036075-2020 |
22/06/2020 |
30/06/2025 |
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 |
|
ND/2019/05 |
WT00036996-2020 |
22/12/2020 |
21/12/2025 |
Valid |
|
ND/2019/06 |
WT00035415-2019 |
20/03/2020 |
31/03/2025 |
Valid |