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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|
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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 |
|
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|
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||
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Sewage Pumping Stations in Kwu
Tung North New Development Area |
|
ü |
|
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|
|
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Utilization of Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) from
Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works |
ü |
|
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|
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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 |
|
|
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|
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 |
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|
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 (November 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)
Site clearance,
temporary slope cutting for temporary soil nailing, Stockpile of soil, ground
investigation in Portion 5 (e)
Site clearance,
temporary slope cutting for temporary soil nailing, sheetpiling
and excavation, pipes laying, pre-bored H-piling in Portion 6a (f)
Pilot
trial of ex-situ cement mixing (ECM) for arsenic soil treatment works in
Portion 6b (g)
Site
clearance, construction of temporary road for alternative Po Lau Road, land
contamination assessment in Area T1, T2 & T3 in Portion 7 (h)
Construction
of retaining wall, slope cutting, soil nailing, excavation works for fresh
water service reservoir and soil nail in Portion 8a (i)
Site clearance
and stockpile of soil in Portion 9c (j)
Site
clearance, tree felling, sheetpiling and excavation
works in Portion 10a (k)
Site clearance
in Portion 10b (l)
Install
temporary noise barrier and building demolition in Portion 11a |
|
ND/2019/02 |
(a)
GI (b)
Trial Pit (c)
Tree
felling (d)
Lowering
the existing carriageway |
|
ND/2019/03 |
(a)
Road and Drainage work, Soil Replacing in 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)
Site
Clearance and Demolition at Portion 22 and Fish Cage Placing for
Pre-Translocation in Portion 22 and Portion 27. |
|
ND/2019/05 |
(a)
Site Clearance (d)
Establishment of Temporary Site (e)
Tree Felling (f)
Trial Pits (g)
Installation of site hoarding, fencing and temp.
facilities (h)
Construction of PM’s Site Accommodation (i)
Ground Investigation/Pre-drilling |
|
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)
Construction
of underground utilities in the final stage market at Portion 3 is in
progress. (d)
Tree
felling at Portion 6 is in progress. (e)
Off-site fabrication, welding and
application of coating of columns of steel canopy in China is in progress. (f)
Demolition
of existing public toilet at Portion 5. (g)
Slope
improvement works at Portion 6 are in progress. (h)
Predrilling
works for mini-piles at Portion 3 and 6 have been completed. |
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
ND/2019/03 |
WT00035847-2020 |
12/08/2020 |
31/08/2025 |
Valid |
|
ND/2019/05 |
Ref.
Number: 455137 |
N/A |
N/A |
EPD received application on 14
April 2020. EPD carried out site inspection on
20 Oct 2020. |
|
ND/2019/06 |
WT00035415-2019 |
20/03/2020 |
31/03/2025 |
Valid |