2.1
The proposed Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road
(HKLR) is 12km long connecting the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) at the
HKSAR Boundary with the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) situated
at the north eastern waters of the Hong Kong International Airport, opening a
new and direct connection route between Hong Kong, Macao and the Western Pearl
River Delta.
2.2
The HKLR comprises a 9.4km long viaduct section from the HKSAR boundary
to Scenic Hill on the Airport Island; a 1km tunnel section to the reclamation
formed along the east coast of the Airport Island and a 1.6km long at-grade
road section on the reclamation connecting to the HKBCF. The tunnel section of
HKLR will pass under Scenic Hill, Airport Road and Airport Railway to minimize
the environmental and visual impacts to Tung Chung residents.
2.3
An application (No ESB-110/2003) for an Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA) Study Brief under Section 5(1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment
Ordinance (EIAO) was submitted by Highways Department (the Project Proponent)
on 8 October 2003 with a Project Profile (No. No. PP-201/2003) for the Hong
Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge Hong Kong Section and North Lantau Highway
Connection. The Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge Hong Kong Section and North
Lantau Highway Connection has subsequently been renamed as HKLR. EPD issued an EIA Study Brief (No:
ESB-110/2003) in November 2003 to the Project Proponent to carry out an EIA
study.
2.4
An EIA Study (Reg. No. AEIAR-144/2009) has been undertaken to provide
information on nature and extent of environmental impacts arising from the
construction and operation of HKLR. The Environmental Permit was issued on 4
November 2009 (Permit No. EP-352/2009). Pursuant to Section 13 of the EIAO, the
Director of Environmental Protection amends the Environmental Permit (No.
EP-352/2009) based on the Application No. VEP-339/2011 and the environmental
Permit (Permit No. EP-352/2009/A) was issued on 9 November 2011 for HKLR to the
Highways Department as the Permit Holder. Subsequently, the Director of
Environmental Protection amends the Environmental Permits (No. EP-352/2009/A, EP-352/2009/B,
EP-352/2009/C) based on the Application No. VEP-409/2013, VEP-411/2013 and VEP-459/2014
respectively. The environmental Permit (Permit No. EP-352/2009/D) was then issued
on 22 December 2014.
2.5
Figure 1a-d shows the layout of the Contract
and the scope of the Contract works comprises the following major items:
·
a dual 3-lane carriageway in the form of viaduct
from the HKSAR boundary (connecting with the HZMB Main Bridge) to the Scenic
Hill (connecting with the tunnel under separate Contract No. HY/2011/03), of
approximately 9.4km in length with a hard shoulder for each bound of
carriageway and a utilities trough on the outer edge of each bound of viaducts;
·
a grade-separated turnaround facility located near San Shek Wan, composed of sliproads
in the form of viaduct with single-lane carriageway bifurcated from the HKLR
mainline with an elevated junction above the mainline;
·
provision of ancillary facilities including, but not limited to,
meteorological enhancement measures including the provisioning of anemometers
and modification of the wind profiler station at hillside of Sha Lo Wan,
provisioning of a compensatory marine radar, and provisioning of security
systems; and
·
associated civil, structural, geotechnical, marine, environmental
protection, landscaping, drainage and highways electrical and mechanical
(E&M) works, street lightings, traffic aids and sign gantries, marine
navigational aids, ship impact protection system, water mains and fire
hydrants, lightning protection system, structural health monitoring and
maintenance management system (SHM&MMS), supervisory control and data
acquisition (SCADA) system, as well as operation and maintenance provisions of
viaducts, provisioning of facilities for installation of traffic control and
surveillance system (TCSS), provisioning of facilities for installation of
telecommunication cables/equipments and reprovisioning works of affected existing
facilities/utilities.
2.6
Different parties with different levels of involvement in the Contract
organization include:
Ÿ
Supervising Officer’s Representative (SOR) –
Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited (ARUP)
Ÿ
Contractor –Dragages
-China Harbour-VSL JV (DCVJV)
Ÿ
Environmental Team (ET) – Cinotech
Consultants Ltd. (Cinotech)
2.7
The proposed project organization and lines of communication with
respect to the on-site environmental management structure are shown in Figure 2. The key personnel contact
names and numbers are summarized in Table
2.1.
Table 2.1 Key
Contacts of the Contract
|
Party |
Position |
Position |
Phone
No. |
Fax
No. |
|
SOR (ARUP) |
CRE |
Mr. Michael Chan |
3767 5803 |
3767 5922 |
|
Mr. Colin Meadows |
3767 5801 |
|||
|
ENPO/IEC (Ramboll Environ) |
Environmental Project Office Leader |
Mr. Y. H Hui |
3465 2888 |
3465 2899 |
|
Independent Environmental Checker |
Mr. Antony Wong |
3465 2888 |
3465 2899 |
|
|
Contractor
(DCVJV) |
Deputy Project Director |
Mr. W.K Poon |
3121 6638 |
3121 6688 |
|
Environmental Officer |
Mr. CHU Chung Sing |
3121 6672 |
||
|
24-hour Hotline |
-- |
6898 6161 |
-- |
|
|
ET (Cinotech) |
Environmental Team Leader |
Dr. Priscilla Choy |
2151 2089 |
3107 1388 |
2.8
Ramboll Environ Hong Kong Limited (Ramboll
Environ) is employed
by the Highways Department as the Independent Environmental Checker (IEC) and
Environmental Project Office (ENPO) for the Project.
2.9
A copy of Contractor’s
construction programme is provided in Appendix A.
Summary of Construction Works Undertaken During Reporting Month
2.10
The major site
activities undertaken in the reporting month included:
(a) Precast gullies installation at
ML18 is in progress.
Land Viaduct (P85 to Abutment at SHT) & Marine
Viaduct (P81 - P84)
(a) P82L - Reinstatement of vertical
seawall is in progress.
(b) P83R - Removal of filled platform
at P83R is in progress.
(c) P83L - Reinstatement of vertical
seawall is in progress.
(d) P115 interface area - Removal of
falsework concrete footings is in progress.
Marine Viaduct (P0 to P80)
Pile Cap Construction
(a) All pile
cap construction was completed except P68L and P75L. The progress is as
follows.
|
Pier Location |
Progress |
|
|
Right Hand Side (RHS) |
Left Hand Side (LHS) |
|
|
P68 |
Concreting works of pile cap
completed on 12-Jan-16 |
Re-bar steel fixing for pile cap
in progress. |
|
P75 |
Concreting works of pile cap
completed on 8-Mar-16. |
Trimming of pile head concrete in
progress. |
In-situ Column
(Single) Construction
(a) All in-situ standard column construction was completed with last pier
head concreted at P67.
Precast Column
Erection
|
Description |
Pier Location (in this reporting period) |
Cumulative No. of Gridline (up to 28th of each
month) |
|
Commencement (i.e. starting from 1st precast unit) |
P1, P6, P7 |
36 (P1, P6-P16, P21-P44) |
|
Completion (i.e. completed installation of pier head unit) |
P6, P8-P10, P12 |
34 (P6, P8-P16, P21-P44) |
|
Vertical Tendons Stressed |
P11, P21 |
28 (P11, P13, P14, P16, P21-P44) |
|
Grouting Vertical Tendons |
P11, P21, P23 |
28 (P11, P13, P14, P16, P21-P44) |
|
Pier Head Concrete |
P22 |
23 (P14, P22, P24 -P44) |
In-situ Double Blade
Column Construction
(a)
All in-situ double blade column was completed
except P68, P69 and P75. Progress at
P69 is as follows.
|
Pier Location |
Side |
Progress |
|
P69 |
L |
2nd lift just completed and pier head in
progress |
|
R |
2nd lift completed |
Deck Erection
(b)
Segment erection in March 2016:
|
Type |
Location of Segments erected in this reporting period |
Number of Segments erected in this reporting period |
Cumulative No. of Segments erected (up to 28th of each month) |
|
Launching Gantry 1
(LG1)* |
P90, P91, P92 and P93 |
48 |
778 |
|
Launching Gantry 2 (LG2) |
P29, P30, P31 and P32 |
124 |
764 |
|
Lifting Frames 1 (LF1) and Hanger Beam
(HB) |
P18, P19, P20, P71 and
P72 |
71 |
122 |
|
Lifting Frames 3 (LF3) |
P50R,P51L and P55R&L |
50 |
330 |
|
Typical Span SOP |
P25, P26, P27 and P56 |
16 |
144 |
|
Long Span SOP |
- |
0 |
48 |
* includes crane erection for P109
Precast Segment
(a)
Segment Casting:
-
Production affected by inclement weather: 11 days.
-
All segments at CCCC4’s Machong
yard (A4) were cleared.
-
Additional Line 0 for storage for L/S segments is
under construction with 10 bays of storage completed; foundation work of new
moulds in progress.
-
L/S segments of P71 are on barges for temporary
storage (total 4 L/S segments were stored on 1 barges).
|
Item |
Number in this reporting period |
Cumulative No. of Precast Segment Completed (up to 28th of each month) |
|
Segment Cast |
278 |
3683 |
Remarks: Cumulative no. excludes 7 nos. of damaged segment due to
toppled incident at the casting yard.
(b)
Off-site Storage:
|
Area |
No. in Off-site Storage |
|
A1 |
0 |
|
A2 |
124 |
|
A3 |
148 |
|
A4 |
112(L/S) |
Delivery for Precast
Concrete Elements (by barge)
(a)
Precast
Deck Segments:
- Number of barges engaged in this period: 16.
- Number of deck segment deliveries in this period: 62 trips.
- Cumulative number of deck segment deliveries: 470 trips.
|
Segment Types |
Segment Delivered in this reporting period |
Cumulative No. of Precast Segment Delivered (up to 28th of each month) |
|
A |
191 |
1210 |
|
B |
2 |
4 |
|
C |
58 |
188 |
|
D |
21 |
96 |
|
E |
48 |
800 |
(a)
Precast column units:
-
Cumulative number of barges: 1
-
Number of column unit delivery
trips in this period: 4 trips
-
Cumulative number of column
unit delivery trips: 56 trips
|
Unit Types |
Number of units delivered in this reporting period |
Cumulative No. of Precast Column Delivered (up to 28th of month) |
|
3m |
6 |
39 |
|
6m |
8 |
174 |
|
PH1 |
12 |
50 |
|
PH2 |
6 |
30 |
(b)
Temporary storage of long span segments:
-
1 x barge remains at Zhongshan port loaded with long span segments.
2.11 A summary
of the relevant permits, licences, and/or notifications on environmental
protection for this Contract is presented in Table 2.2.
Table 2.2 Status
of Environmental Licences, Notification and Permits
|
Permit
/ License No. |
Valid
Period |
Status |
|
|
From |
To |
||
|
Environmental Permit (EP) |
|||
|
EP-352/2009/D |
22/12/2014 |
N/A |
Valid |
|
Consruction Noise Permit (CNP) |
|||
|
P0 – P68:
GW-RS1345-15 |
10/12/2015(19:00) |
09/06/2016(24:00) |
Valid |
|
P101 – P114:
GW-RS1343-15 |
31/12/2015(19:00) |
30/06/2016(05:30) |
Valid |
|
P75 – P80: GW-RS1431-15 |
01/01/2016 (00:00) |
30/06/2016 (24:00) |
Valid |
|
P81 – P115:
GW-RS1458-15 |
05/01/2016 (19:00) |
04/07/2016 (24:00) |
Cancelled
on 29 March 2016 |
|
P69 – P74: GW-RS1476-15 |
12/01/2016 (19:00) |
11/07/2016 (24:00) |
Valid |
|
P81 – P83: GW-RS0047-16 |
30/01/2016 (00:00) |
29/07/2016 (24:00) |
Valid |
|
Portion A: GW-RS0108-16 |
23/02/2016 (19:00) |
22/08/2016 (23:00) |
Valid |
|
P81 – P115: GW-RS0308-16 |
29/03/2016 (19:00) |
28/09/2016 (24:00) |
Valid |
|
Notification pursuant to Air Pollution
Control (Construction Dust) Regulation |
|||
|
345773 |
N/A |
Receipt acknowledged by EPD |
|
|
Billing Account for Construction Waste
Disposal |
|||
|
A/C# 7015341 (Construction Site) |
11/06/2012 |
N/A |
Valid |
|
Registration of Chemical Waste Producer |
|||
|
WPN
5213-951-D2499-01 |
18/07/2012 |
N/A |
Valid |
|
Effluent Discharge License under Water
Pollution Control Ordinance |
|||
|
WA6A(DCVJV
site office): WT00014053-2012 |
12/09/2012 |
30/09/2017 |
Valid |
|
WA6B (SOR site office):
WT00014447-2012 |
30/10/2012 |
31/10/2017 |
Valid |
|
WA3:
WT00015118-2013 |
30/01/2013 |
31/01/2018 |
Valid |
|
Portion C: WT00023624-2016 |
17/02/2016 |
28/02/2018 |
Valid |
|
Portion A:
WT00016076-2013 |
21/05/2013 |
31/05/2018 |
Valid |
|
WA4B: WT00014750-2012 |
12/08/2013 |
31/08/2018 |
Valid |
|
WA7:
WT00015722-2013 |
16/01/2013 |
31/01/2019 |
Valid |
|
P0 – P80: WT00018203-2014 |
30/01/2013 |
31/01/2019 |
Valid |
|
P114: WT00018631-2014 |
31/03/2014 |
31/03/2019 |
Valid |
|
P81-P83: WT00021946-2015 |
08/07/2015 |
31/07/2020 |
Valid |