Tai Po District Council 2nd Meeting in 2019 of the Traffic and Transport Committee

The 2nd meeting in 2019 of the Traffic and Transport Committee (“TTC”) under the District Council (“TPDC”) will be held at the Conference Room, TPDC, 4/F., Tai Po Complex, 8 Heung Sze Wui Street, Tai Po at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, 15 March 2019. The agenda of the meeting is as follows:

Agenda Proposed Discussion Time

I. Confirmation of the minutes of the 1st meeting in 2019 of the 2 mins TTC on 11 January 2019 (2:30 p.m-2:32 p.m.) (TPDC Paper No. TT 21/2019)

II. Provision of a cover for the pedestrian walkway from the 20 mins junction of Road and Nam Wan Road to Tai Po (2:32 p.m-2:52 p.m.) Market MTR Station (TPDC Paper No. TT 22/2019)

III. Demand for improving the traffic safety facilities on Ting 20 mins Kok Road (from Lo Fai Road to ) as soon as (2:52 p.m-3:12 p.m.) possible (TPDC Paper No. TT 23/2019)

IV. Demand for relaxing the body length restriction of buses so 20 mins that the new models of large buses could travel on Lam Kam (3:12 p.m-3:32 p.m.) Road ( Road Section) (TPDC Paper No. TT 24/2019)

V. Demand for putting in place bus services between Tai Po and 20 mins Tuen Mun as soon as possible (3:32 p.m-3:52 p.m.) (TPDC Paper No. TT 25/2019)

VI. Demand for providing MTR Fare Savers in 20 mins (TPDC Paper No. TT 26/2019) (3:52 p.m-4:12 p.m.)

VII. Demand for enhancing Tai Po Centre Bus Terminus 20 mins (TPDC Paper No. TT 27/2019) (4:12 p.m-4:32 p.m.)

VIII. Demand for enhancing Bus Terminus 20 mins (TPDC Paper No. TT 28/2019) (4:32 p.m-4:52 p.m.)

IX. Proposed provision of a pick-up / drop-off point for coaches 20 mins near Railway Museum (4:52 p.m-5:12 p.m.) (TPDC Paper No. TT 29/2019)

X. Study on the improvement to the public transport services in 20 mins Tai Po District – Findings (5:12 p.m-5:32 p.m.) (TPDC Paper No. TT 30/2019)

XI. Matters arising from the minutes of the 1st meeting in 2019 60 mins of the TTC on 11 January 2019 (5:32 p.m-6:32 p.m.) (TPDC Paper No. TT 31/2019)

XII. Situation report on traffic improvement works completed in 5 mins the past two months and to be carried out in the next three (6:32 p.m-6:37 p.m.) months in Tai Po District by the Highways Department (TPDC Paper No. TT 32/2019)

XIII. Reports of working groups 10 mins (1) Working Group on Provision of Public Bus and (6:37 p.m-6:47 p.m.) Minibus Services (2) Working Group on Improvements to Major Roads in Rural Areas (3) Working Group on Road Safety Campaign and Cycling Network Development (4) Working Group on Kwong Fuk Vehicular Bridge

XIV. Any other business 20 mins - Follow-up on traffic congestion near Po Heung Bridge (6:47 p.m-7:07 p.m.) - Demand for the provision of bus services between Tai Po and Eastern District (TPDC Paper No. TT 33/2019) - Demand for the provision of interchange discount for route 71A (TPDC Paper No. TT 34/2019) - Demand for service improvement to route 271 series (TPDC Paper No. TT 35/2019) - Demand for increasing the service frequency of route 274X (TPDC Paper No. TT 36/2019) - Objection against route adjustment within Tai Po District to route 307B (TPDC Paper No. TT 37/2019)

XV. Date of next meeting 1 min (7:07 p.m-7:08 p.m.)