North District Council (2016-2019) The 10th Meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee

The 10th Meeting of the North District Traffic and Transport Committee will be held at 2:30 p.m. on 19 July 2017 (Wednesday) in the Conference Room of North District Council, 3/F, North District Government Offices, 3 Pik Fung Road, . The agenda (revised) is as follows:

(1) Confirmation of Minutes of the 9th Meeting held on 8 May 2017

(2) Following Up on the Reduction in the Area of the Waterworks Depot of the Water Supplies Department for an Additional Lane at Tai Tau Leng Roundabout Connecting to Yuen Long-bound Fanling Highway (Paper No. 71/2017 – Background of the Suggestion and Written Response of the Water Supplies Department) (Paper No. 104/2017 – Written Response of the District Lands Office, North) (Paper No. 106/2017 – Written Response of the Transport Department and the Highways Department)

(3) Proposed Alteration to the -bound Routeing of GMB Route 55K (Sheung Shui Station – ) (Paper No. 72/2017)

(4) Proposed Alteration to the Sheung Shui-bound Routeing of KMB Route 270B (Sham Shui Po – Sheung Shui Bus Terminus) (Paper No. 73/2017)

(5) Proposal: Condemnation of the Revised Bus Route Development Programme which Disregarded the Views of the North District Council (Paper No. 74/2017)

(6) Proposal: Request for Increasing the Frequency of Bus Route 277X during Peak Hours (Paper No. 75/2017 – Proposal) (Paper No. 97/2017 – Written Response of the KMB)

(7) Proposal: Request for Increasing the Frequency of Bus Route 277X (Lam Tin-bound) (Paper No. 76/2017)

1 (8) Proposal: Request for Introduction of Morning Special Departures of Bus Route 277E from Chi Fuk Circuit and Increase in Frequency of the Route during Afternoon Peak Hours (Paper No. 77/2017)

(9) Proposal: Request for Service Enhancement and Whole-day Service of Bus Route T277 (Paper No. 78/2017)

(10) Proposal: Request for Increasing the Frequency of Bus Routes of Fanling South during Peak Hours (Paper No. 79/2017 - Proposal) (Paper No. 98/2017 – Written Response of the KMB)

(11) Proposal: Deployment of More Buses for Improving the Service of Bus Route 978 during Morning Peak Hours (Paper No. 80/2017 - Proposal) (Paper No. 99/2017 – Written Response of the KMB)

(12) Proposal: Strongly Request an Increase in the Frequency of Morning Trips of Bus Route 978B (from Chi Fuk Circuit to Wan Chai North) (Paper No. 81/2017)

(13) Proposal: Request for Omitting Tai Po for the Proposed New Bus Route N373 (Paper No. 82/2017 - Proposal) (Paper No. 100/2017 – Written Response of the KMB)

(14) Proposal: Request for Increasing the Frequency of Bus Route 678 As Soon As Possible (Paper No. 83/2017) (Paper No. 101/2017 – Written Response of the KMB)

(15) Proposal: Request for Routeing through Tai Ping Bus Terminus Earlier for Bus Route 78K (Sheung Shui-bound) (Paper No. 84/2017 - Proposal) (Paper No. 102/2017 – Written Response of the KMB)

(16) Proposal: Request for Advancing the Departure Time of the First Departure of Bus Route A43 (from the Airport to Luen Wo Hui) to 6 a.m. (Paper No. 85/2017)

2 (17) Proposal: Request for Provision of “Real-time Seat Vacancy Information System” for Bus Routes of North District (Paper No. 86/2017 - Proposal) (Paper No. 103/2017 – Written Response of the KMB)

(18) Proposal: Request for Tackling the Problem of Illegal Cycling on the Pavement outside Tai Ping Estate (Paper No. 87/2017)

(19) Proposal: Request for Stepping Up Enforcement Actions against Illegal Parking of Bicycles outside Green Code (Paper No. 88/2017)

(20) Proposal: Request for Provision of a Zebra Crossing at San Wan Road, Fanling near Fanling Swimming Pool (Paper No. 89/2017)

(21) Proposal: Request for Provision of a Zebra Crossing at San Wan Road Pedestrian Crossing between Cheung Wah Estate and Fanling Centre (Paper No. 90/2017)

(22) Proposal: Request for Provision of a Pedestrian Crossing at Jockey Club Road, Sheung Shui near the Stairway of the Open Car Park at Fung Nam Road Connecting to (Paper No. 91/2017)

(23) Proposal: Request for Increasing the Number of Traffic Wardens in Fanling (Paper No. 92/2017)

(24) Proposal: Request for Stepping Up Enforcement Actions against Illegal Parking of Vehicles at the Transport Interchange at Sheung Shui MTR Station and Road (Paper No. 93/2017)

(25) Proposal: Request for Extending the Duration of the Green Signal of the Traffic Lights at the Junction of Fanling Station Road and San Wan Road (i.e. the Crossroads at Cheung Wah Estate) (Paper No. 94/2017)

(26) Proposal: Request for Provision of a Bus Lane at Fanling Highway and Tolo Highway (Paper No. 95/2017)

3 (27) Matters Arising

(a) Proposal: Request for Construction of a Multi-storey Car Park Opposite Kwu Tung Market, Sheung Shui (Paragraphs 126 – 147 of Minutes of the 9th Meeting) (Paper No. 96/2017 – Written Response of the District Lands Office, Yuen Long)

(b) Proposal: Request for Releasing More Government Land for Temporary Car Park Use (Paragraphs 148 – 162 of Minutes of the 9th Meeting)

(28) Application for Funds for Community Involvement Projects of the Traffic and Transport Committee (Paper No. 105/2017)

(29) Reports of Working Groups under the Traffic and Transport Committee (a) Working Group for Studying and Resolving Traffic Congestion Problems in North District (b) Working Group on North District Traffic Survey (c) Working Group on Bus and Mini-bus Services in North District

(30) Any Other Business

(31) Date of Next Meeting

The meeting is open to the public and is conducted in .

North District Council Secretariat

July 2017

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