1.              INTRODUCTION

1.1                     Background

1.1.1                                 Fugro Technical Services Limited was commissioned by China Harbour Engineering Co. Limited (also referred to as “the Contractor”) to undertake the Environmental Team (ET) services (including environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A)) for Contract No. HY/2019/01 “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Phase 2 and Other Works”.

1.1.2                                 Contract No. HY/2019/01 is part of the “Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities” (HZMB HKBCF) Project which is a “Designated Project” under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance (Cap. 499) and for which an EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-145/2009) was prepared and approved. The current Environmental Permit (EP) for HKBCF, namely No. EP-353/2009/K, was issued on 11 April 2016. These documents are available through the EIA Ordinance Register. The general layout of the Project area is shown in Figure 1. Commencement of the Contract took place on 4 December 2019 and the construction site preparation works commenced in early February 2020.

1.1.3                                 This is the 9th Monthly EM&A report to document the findings of site inspection activities and EM&A programme carried out by the Contractor of Contract No. HY/2019/01 from 1 October 2020 to 30 October 2020 (reporting period) and is submitted to fulfil Condition 5.4 of the EP.

1.2                    Project Description

1.2.1                                 The works to be executed under Contract No. HY/2019/01 include the following major items:

·       Landscaping and establishment works;

·       Irrigation system and associated drainage pumping system and facilities;

·       Erection and installation in the Passenger Clearance Building;

·       Public transport interchange (PTI) public toilet, satellite refuse collection point (RCP) and observation guard booths;

·       PTI cross boundary shuttle (CBS) / cross boundary coach (CBC) lanes and covered walkway;

·       Vehicle clearance plazas (VCP) vehicle kiosks and associate automatic vehicle clearance supporting system (AVCSS).

1.3                    Project Organization

1.3.1                                 The Project Organization structure is shown in Appendix B. The key personnel contact names and numbers are summarized in Table 1.1.

1.4                    Construction Programme and Activities

1.4.1                                 The site layout plan of the Contract is shown in Figure 1.

1.4.2                                 The construction programme of this Contract is shown in Appendix A.

1.5                    Works undertaken during the month

1.5.1                                 The main construction works carried out in the reporting period were as follow:

·            Security measure at existing gate at SPTI (land-based);

·            Recessed Cover at SPTI and NPTI (land-based);

·            Minor Works at PCB (land-based);

·            Excavation at VCP and WA3 (land-based);

·            Road & Drain works at SPTI and NPTI (land-based);

·            Vertical access at PCB (land-based);

·            Covered Walkway at SPTI and NPTI (land-based);

·            Public Toilet at NPTI (land-based);

·            Kiosks Construction at VCP (land-based);

·            Landscape Works at G1 and G5 (land-based);

·            Conceal Conduits Works at VCP (land-based);

·            Resurfacing Works at BCF (land-based);

·            Ground Investigation at G1 and near Seawall (North & West) (land-based).

1.6                    Status of Environmental Licences, Notification and Permits

1.6.1                                 A summary of the relevant permits, licenses and/or notifications on environmental protection for this Contract is presented in Table 1.2.