Agreement No. CE 30/2008 (CE)

 

Kai Tak Development – Infrastructure at Former Runway and Remaining Areas of North Apron and Improvement of Adjacent Waterways – D&C

 

Environmental Impact Assessment Report for KTD – Roads D3A & D4A

 

TABLE OF CONTENTs

1          INTRODUCTION

1.1        Project Background

1.2        Objectives of this EIA Study

1.3        Designated Project under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (EIAO)

1.4        Structure of the Report

2          PROJECT DESCRIPTION

2.1        Description of Site Location and History

2.2        Size, Scale, Shape and Design of the Project

2.3        EIA Study Area

2.4        Nature, Scope and Benefits of the Project

2.5        The Need of the Project and Scenario without the Project

2.6        Consideration of Alternatives and Development of Preferred Option

2.7        Construction Methods and Engineering Requirements

2.8        Project Programme

2.9        Concurrent Projects

3          NOISE IMPACT

3.1        Introduction

3.2        Environmental Legislation, Policies, Plans, Standards and Criteria

3.3        Description of the Environment

3.4        Noise Sensitive Receivers

3.5        Assessment Methodology

3.6        Identification of Environmental Impacts

3.7        Prediction and Evaluation of Environmental Impacts

3.8        Mitigation of Environmental Impacts

3.9        Residual of Environmental Impacts

3.10      Environmental Monitoring and Audit

3.11      Conclusion

4          AIR QUALITY IMPACT

4.1        Introduction

4.2        Environmental Legislation, Policies, Plans, Standards and Criteria

4.3        Description of the Environment

4.4        Air Sensitive Receivers

4.5        Assessment Methodology

4.6        Identification of Environmental Impacts

4.7        Prediction and Evaluation of Environmental Impacts

4.8        Mitigation of Environmental Impacts

4.9        Residual of Environmental Impacts

4.10      Environmental Monitoring and Audit

4.11      Conclusion

5          WATER QUALITY IMPACT

5.1        Introduction

5.2        Environmental Legislation, Standards and Guidelines

5.3        Identification of Water Sensitive Receivers

5.4        Description of the Environment

5.5        Assessment Approach and Methodology

5.6        Identification of Potential Impacts

5.7        Prediction and Evaluation of Impacts

5.8        Recommended Water Quality Mitigation Measures

5.9        Evaluation of Residual Impacts

5.10      Environmental Monitoring and Audit Requirements

5.11      Conclusion

6          WASTE MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

6.1        Introduction

6.2        Environmental Legislation, Policies, Plans, Standards and Criteria

6.3        Environmental Guidelines

6.4        Assessment Approach and Methodology

6.5        Identification of Waste Sources

6.6        Evaluation of Waste Impacts

6.7        Mitigation of Adverse Environmental Impacts

6.8        Evaluation of Residual Impacts

6.9        Environmental Monitoring and Audit Requirements

6.10      Conclusion

7          LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT

7.1        Introduction

7.2        Objective of the LVIA

7.3        Environmental Legislation, Standards and Guidelines

7.4        Scope and Content of the Study

7.5        Assessment Methodology

7.6        Review of Planning and Development Control Framework

7.7        Baseline Study

7.8        Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment

7.9        Visual Impact Assessment

7.10      Conclusions

8          ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS

8.1        Introduction

8.2        Noise Impact

8.3        Air Quality Impact

8.4        Water Quality Impact

8.5        Waste Management Implications

8.6        Landscape and Visual Impact

9          IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE OF THE PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES

10.        SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES

10.1      Introduction

10.2      Noise Impact

10.3      Air Quality Impact

10.4      Water Quality Impact

10.5      Waste Management Implications

10.6      Landscape & Visual Impact

10.7      Summary of the Measures taken for the Minimization of Environmental Impacts

10.8      Key Environmental Outcomes

 

LIST OF TABLES

Table 3.1           Representative Noise Sensitive Receivers for Noise Impact Assessment

Table 3.2           Summary of Traffic Noise Impact

Table 4.1           Hong Kong Air Quality Objectives

Table 4.2           Annual Average Concentrations of Pollutants from Year 2007 to Year 2011 at EPD’s Kwun Tong Air Quality Monitoring Station

Table 4.3           Summary of Representative Air Sensitive Receivers

Table 4.4           Vehicle Classes in EMFAC-HK Model

Table 5.1           Summary of Water Quality Objectives for Victoria Harbour WCZ

Table 5.2           WSD’s Water Quality Criteria for Flushing Water at Sea Water Intakes

Table 5.3           Baseline Marine Water Quality Condition for Victoria Harbour WCZ

Table 6.1           Identification of Waste Types and Sources during Construction Phase of the Project           

Table 6.2           Annual Generation of C&D Materials

Table 6.3           Summary of Waste Generation and Recommended Disposal Methods for Construction and Demolition Works

Table 7.6.1        Relationship between Receptor Sensitivity and Impact Magnitude in Defining Impact Significance

Table 7.8.1        Landscape Resources / Landscape Character Areas and Their Sensitivity to Change

Table 7.8.2a      VSRs (In Secondary ZVI at Strategic and District Level) and Their Sensitivity

Table 7.8.2b      VSRs (In Primary ZVI at Local Level) and Their Sensitivity

Table 7.9.1        Magnitude of Landscape Impacts

Table 7.9.2        Landscape and Visual Mitigation Measures during the Construction Phase

Table 7.9.3        Landscape and Visual Mitigation Measures during the Operation Phase

Table 7.9.4        Significance of Landscape Impacts in Construction and Operation Phases

Table 7.10.1      Significance of Visual Impact in Construction and Operation Phases

Table 9.1           Implementation Schedule for Noise Measures

Table 9.2           Implementation Schedule for Air Quality Measures

Table 9.3           Implementation Schedule for Water Quality Measures

Table 9.4           Implementation Schedule for Waste Management Measures

Table 9.5           Implementation Schedule for Landscape and Visual Measures

Table 10.1         Summary of Key Environmental Outcomes / Benefits

 

List of FIGURES

Figure 1.1          Locations of Roads D3A and D4A

Figure 2.1          Location of Landscaped Deck

Figure 2.2          Original Scheme

Figure 3.1          Extent of Project and Non-Project Roads

Figure 3.2          Locations of Noise Sensitive Receivers

Figure 3.3a        Locations of Noise Mitigation Measures

Figure 3.3b        Locations of Noise Mitigation Measures

Figure 3.3c        Locations of Noise Mitigation Measures

Figure 3.3d        Typical Section of Road D4a at Runway Precinct

Figure 3.3e        Typical Section of Road D3a at Runway Precinct

Figure 3.3f         Typical Section of Staircase with Noise Barrier

Figure 4.1          Air Quality Study Area and Locations of Air Sensitive Receivers

Figure 4.2          Locations of Other Emission Sources

Figure 4.3a        Contours of Cumulative Maximum 1-hr Average NO2 Concentration in µg/m3 (At 1.5m Above Ground)

Figure 4.3b        Contours of Cumulative Maximum 1-hr Average NO2 Concentration in µg/m3 (At 40m Above Ground)

Figure 4.3c        Contours of Cumulative Maximum 1-hr Average NO2 Concentration in µg/m3 (At 95m Above Ground)

Figure 4.4a        Contours of Cumulative Maximum Daily Average NO2 Concentration in µg/m3 (At 1.5m Above Ground)

Figure 4.4b        Contours of Cumulative Maximum Daily Average NO2 Concentration in µg/m3 (At 40m Above Ground)

Figure 4.4c        Contours of Cumulative Maximum Daily Average NO2 Concentration in µg/m3 (At 95m Above Ground)

Figure 4.5a        Contours of Cumulative Annual Average NO2 Concentration in µg/m3 (At 1.5m Above Ground)

Figure 4.5b        Contours of Cumulative Annual Average NO2 Concentration in µg/m3 (At 40m Above Ground)

Figure 4.5c        Contours of Cumulative Annual Average NO2 Concentration in µg/m3 (At 95m Above Ground)

Figure 4.6a        Contours of Cumulative Maximum Daily Average RSP Concentration in µg/m3 (At 1.5m Above Ground)

Figure 4.6b        Contours of Cumulative Maximum Daily Average RSP Concentration in µg/m3 (At 40m Above Ground)

Figure 4.6c        Contours of Cumulative Maximum Daily Average RSP Concentration in µg/m3 (At 95m Above Ground)

Figure 4.7a        Contours of Cumulative Annual Average RSP Concentration in µg/m3 (At 1.5m Above Ground)

Figure 4.7b        Contours of Cumulative Annual Average RSP Concentration in µg/m3 (At 40m Above Ground)

Figure 4.7c        Contours of Cumulative Annual Average RSP Concentration in µg/m3 (At 95m Above Ground)

Figure 5.1          Locations of Water Sensitive Receivers

Figure 7.5.1.1    Landscape Impact Study Area

Figure 7.5.1.2    Primary & Secondary ZVIs (during Construction Phase)  

Figure 7.5.1.3    Primary & Secondary ZVIs (during Day 1 & Year 10 Operation Phase) 

Figure 7.5.2.1    Project Location Plan and Tentative Programme of the Project’s Adjacent Lots 

Figure 7.5.2.2    Existing Site Photos

Figure 7.5.2.3    Conceptual Landscape Section with Mitigation Measure (Sheet 1 of 3)

Figure 7.5.2.4    Conceptual Landscape Section with Mitigation Measure (Sheet 2 of 3)

Figure 7.5.2.5    Conceptual Landscape Section with Mitigation Measure (Sheet 3 of 3)

Figure 7.7.1       Additional Tree photos record

Figure 7.8.1       Baseline Landscape Resources

Figure 7.8.2       Baseline Landscape Character Areas

Figure 7.8.3       Locations of Strategic & District Visually Sensitive Receivers (VSRs) - Construction and Operation Phases

Figure 7.8.4.1    Locations of Local Visual Sensitive Receivers (VSRs) - Construction Phase

Figure 7.8.4.2    Locations of Local Visually Sensitive Receivers (VSRs) - Operation Phase

Figure 7.8.4.3    Baseline Key VSRs Photos at Local Level

Figure 7.10.1     Photomontage 01 (Sheet 1 of 2)

Figure 7.10.2     Photomontage 01 (Sheet 2 of 2)

Figure 7.10.3     Photomontage 02

Figure 7.10.4     Photomontage 03 (Sheet 1 of 2)

Figure 7.10.5     Photomontage 03 (Sheet 2 of 2)

Figure 7.10.6     Photomontage 04

Figure 7.10.7     Photomontage 05

 

LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 3.1     Year 2031 Traffic Forecast (Road Traffic Noise)

Appendix 3.2     Predicted Traffic Noise Level (Unmitigated)

Appendix 3.3     Road-plots of the Traffic Noise Model and Sample Input and Output File

Appendix 3.4     Predicted Traffic Noise Level (Mitigated)

Appendix 3.5     Number of Residential Dwellings Protected by and Benefited from Noise Mitigation Measures

Appendix 3.6     Agreement from Lands Department

Appendix 4.1     Traffic Forecast for Air Quality Assessment

Appendix 4.2     Response from Transport Department and Short Paper on Modelling Approach and Methodology of Traffic Forecast for Road D3 EIA

Appendix 4.3     Key Assumptions for EMFAC-HK Model

Appendix 4.4     Summary of Composite Vehicular Emission Factors for CALINE4 Model

Appendix 4.5     Summary of Emission Inventory for ISC Modelling

Appendix 4.6     Detailed Assessment Results for Operation Phase

Appendix 4.7     Working Example Illustration

Appendix 4.8     Qualitative Review on Effect due to Adoption of the New Maritime Emission Factors

Appendix 7.1     Broad Tree Survey (Previously Carried Out Under KTD EIA) & Additional Tree photos record