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 ¡V Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD)

Ÿ    Supervisor / Supervisor's Representative ¡V AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.

Ÿ    Environmental Team (ET) ¡V Wellab Limited

Ÿ    Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) ¡V 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. Raymond Cheng

3619 3919

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 ¡V 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 ¡V Kwan Lee Joint Venture.)

Site Agent

Mr. Andy Chan

3485 9780

--

Environmental Officer

Mr. Wesley So

9144 1643

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 ¡V Chun Wo ¡V Kwan Lee Joint Venture)

Site Agent

Mr. Eric Wu

9786 8630

--

Environmental Manager

Mr. Jimmy Cheng

9609 5916

Environmental Officer

Mr. Sam Lam

6178 3179

Contract No. ND/2019/05

Contractor (CRCC ¡V Paul Y. Joint Venture)

Site Agent

Mr. Darvin Lo

9467 5891

--

Environmental Manager

Mr. Pan Fong

9436 9435

Environmental Officer

Ms. Louise Poon

5272 5709

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. Daniel Wong

5335 9572

--

Environmental Officer

Mr. K. M. Lui

5113 8223

Environmental Supervisor

Mr. Attlee Chau

6386 9018

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 (May 2023)

ND/2019/01

(a)          Site clearance, removal of existing structures and drainage works at Portion 1a

(b)         Excavation, backfilling and drainage works at Portion 1b

(c)          Site clearance and site formation at Portion 1c

(d)         Temporary storage of material at Portion 1e

(e)          Site clearance, site formation and construction of subway at Portion 2

(f)          Site clearance, excavation, sheet piling and drainage works at Portion 3

(g)         Drainage works, excavation, backfilling and sheet piling at Portion 5

(h)         Drainage works and backfilling at Portion 6a

(i)           Operation of HAC soil treatment facility at Portion 6b

(j)           Drainage works, excavation and backfilling at Portion 7

(k)         Construction of retaining wall, RC construction of fresh water service reservoir and backfilling works at Portion 8a

(l)           Construction of jacking pit at LWSC¡¦s car park, trenchless work and watermain construction at Portion 8b

(m)       Sheet piling, excavation, drainage works and watermain construction at Portion 9b

(n)         Stockpile of soil at Portion 9c

(o)         Road works and site clearance at Portion 10a

(p)         Road works and site clearance at Portion 10b

(q)         Site clearance and removal of existing structures at 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 1 & Portion 1A

-            Road & Drainage works and watermains works at Yin Kong Road

-            Construction of Pai Lau

-            Installation of Street Lighting

-            Construction of Pavilion at Yin Kong Road

(b)     Portion 2 to Portion 20C

-          Wetland creation & restoration, Dry agricultural land creation

-          Construction of Tea House Pavilion

-          Construction of compacted earth path

-          Construction of Water Treatment Wetland

-          Tree felling and tree pruning work

-          Construction of Lodging Facility

-          Construction of Dry Weather Flow Interception (DWFI)

ND/2019/04

(a)  Tree Felling

(b)  Pile Cap

(c)  Back Filling

(d)  Excavation

(e)  Grouting

(f)   Sheet Piling

(g)  Road works

(h)  Formwork erection

(i)   Rebar fixing

(j)   Pre-drill

(k)  Bore pile

(l)   ELS

ND/2019/05

(a)          The segment erection using launching gantry is critical to completion of section 4.

(b)         The pier D2-01 with bridge rotation system is critical to completion of section 5.

(c)          5th set of form traveler will be procured to be used at E2-01, thus, delay of E2-01, E2-02 and E3-03 will be mitigated.

ND/2019/06

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

ND/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 1, 3 and 4

(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

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-RN0144-23

13/02/2023

12/05/2023

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN1196-22

19/12/2022

18/05/2023

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0252-23

16/03/2023

15/08/2023

Valid

GW-RN0304-23

26/03/2023

31/08/2023

Valid

GW-RN0392-23

20/04/2023

19/08/2023

Valid

GW-RN0394-23

26/04/2023

25/07/2023

Valid

GW-RN0419-23

24/04/2023

31/08/2023

Valid

GW-RN0414-23

13/05/2023

12/09/2023

Valid

GW-RN0426-23

19/05/2023

18/11/2023

Valid

GW-RN0439-23

17/05/2023

31/08/2023

Valid

GW-RN0459-23

15/05/2023

14/07/2023

Valid

ND/2019/02

GW-RN1130-22

22/11/2022

10/05/2023

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0049-23

16/02/2023

15/05/2023

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0234-23

15/03/2023

14/07/2023

Valid

GW-RN0048-23

08/02/2023

07/06/2023

Valid

GW-RN0518-23

21/05/2023

31/08/2023

Valid

ND/2019/03

GW-RN0054-23

01/03/2023

31/08/2023

Valid

ND/2019/04

GW-RN0183-23

27/02/2023

26/05/2023

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0430-23

05/05/2023

31/05/2023

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0300-23

23/03/2023

22/06/2023

Valid

GW-RN0353-23

13/04/2023

12/07/2023

Valid

GW-RN0480-23

13/05/2023

25/07/2023

Valid

GW-RN0481-23

15/05/2023

31/07/2023

Valid

GW-RN0498-23

24/05/2023

30/07/2023

Valid

ND/2019/05

GW-RN0301-23

01/04/2023

31/05/2023

Expired in reporting month

GW-RN0239-23

08/03/2023

07/06/2023

Valid

GW-RN0262-23

22/03/2023

21/06/2023

Valid

GW-RN0288-23

30/03/2023

31/08/2023

Valid

GW-RN0435-23

08/05/2023

07/08/2023

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

02/02/2021

28/02/2025

Valid

WT00037412-2021

15/04/2021

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