1.1
The proposed Hong
Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road
(HKLR) is
1.2
The HKLR
comprises a
1.3
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 -
1.4
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 issue on 9 November 2011 for HKLR to the Highways Department as the Permit
Holder.
1.5
The Hong Kong
Link Road project has been separated into two contracts. They are Contract No.
HY/2011/03 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong
Link Road-Section between Scenic Hill and Hong Kong Boundary Crossing
Facilities (hereafter referred to as the Contract) and Contract No. HY/2011/09
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link
Road-Section between HKSAR Boundary and Scenic Hill. The split of environmental
monitoring and audit works for these two contracts have been clarified in
Environmental Project Office’s letter ref.: HYDHZMBEEM00_0_0424L.12 which was
sent to Environmental Protection Department on 17 October 2012.
1.6
Dragages -China
Harbour-VSL JV (hereinafter called “the Contractor”)
was awarded as the main contractor of the project “Contract No. HY/2011/09 –
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-
·
a dual 3-lane carriageway in the form of
viaduct from the HKSAR boundary (connecting with the
·
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.
1.7
The scope of
the EM&A monitoring works for this Contract follows the demarcation of
EM&A works amongst HZMB projects as set out in ENPO’s letter dated 17
October 2012.
1.8
To facilitate
early commencement of the HKBCF reclamation works and the TM-CLKL advance
Southern Landfall reclamation works, baseline environmental monitoring works for
the air quality, noise, water quality and ecology (Chinese White Dolphin
Monitoring) was conducted in 2011 according to the requirements in the Environmental
Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Documents as described in Table 1.1.
Table 1.1 Summary
of EM&A Documents
|
Projects |
EM&A
Documents |
|
HKLR |
Ø EIA Report (Register No.: AEIAR-144/2009) Ø Environmental Permits (EPs): Ø
Revised EM&A
Manual for the HKLR (Date of Report: 16 December 2011) |
|
HKBCF |
Ø
EIA Report
(Register No.: AEIAR-145/2009) Ø
Environmental
Permits (EPs): Ø
Supporting
Information for Application for Variation of Environmental Permit for HKBCF
(EP 353/2009), the Supporting Information for Application for Variation of
Environmental Permit for HKBCF (EP 353/ Ø
Revised EM&A
Manual for the HKBCF (Date of Report: 16 December 2011) |
|
TM-CLKL |
Ø
EIA Report
(Register No.: AEIAR-146/2009) Ø
Environmental
Permits (EPs): Ø
Supporting
Information for Application for Variation of Environmental Permit for TM-CLKL
(EP 354/2009) Ø
Revised EM&A
Manual for the TM-CLKL (Date of Report: 16 December 2011) |
1.9
A Baseline Environmental Monitoring Report
(Version C) for Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong
Kong Projects – Investigation (hereafter referred to as “BEMR”) under Agreement
No. CE 35/2011 (EP) was prepared in
2011 to fulfill
environmental permit conditions
for HKBCF (including TM-CLKL southern landfall) project. The BEMR was submitted under HY/2010/02 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities – Reclamation Works which is
available from the website of Environmental Project Office (ENPO) for the Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road (HKLR), Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF), & Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL):
http://www.hzmbenpo.com/
1.10
This Baseline Environmental Monitoring
Report is prepared by Cinotech to fulfill the
baseline monitoring requirements according
to the EM&A Documents for HKLR for commencing the construction of
the Contract.
1.11
The baseline monitoring data collected in 2011
are considered suitable to be adopted for the Contract based on the following
reasons:
Ø To avoid the establishment of two sets
of environmental monitoring results at the same monitoring stations including
the Action and Limit Levels for air quality and water quality; and
Ø The baseline environmental monitoring
results collected in 2011 are more representative to show
the ambient condition before the commencement of the
Contract as HKBCF reclamation works and the TM-CLKL advance Southern Landfall
reclamation works have been commenced.
1.12
This report presents the baseline
environmental monitoring works for the air quality, noise, water quality and ecology (Chinese White Dolphin
Monitoring) extracted from the baseline environmental report in 2011, baseline monitoring works for underwater noise, dolphin
north-south movement, dolphin acoustic behaviour
and
baseline water quality monitoring works at SRA. These baseline levels will be used as
the basis for compliance check during the
impact monitoring in
construction stage of the Contract. This Report presents the locations, equipment, period, methodology,
results and observations for the air quality and noise monitoring
during the baseline period.
1.13
The structure of the Report is summarized as
follows:
Section 1: Introduction, purpose, background and the
structure of the report.
Section 2: Air Quality, which describes the baseline air
quality monitoring.
Section 3: Noise, which describes the baseline noise
monitoring.
Section 4: Water Quality, which
describes the baseline water quality monitoring.
Section 5: Dolphin Monitoring (line-transect vessel surveys),
which describes the baseline results for line-transect vessel surveys.
Section 6: Underwater Noise, which describes the underwater noise
monitoring.
Section 7: Dolphin
North-South Movement, which describes the dolphin north-south movement
monitoring.
Section 8: Conclusions