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(Translation) Minutes of the 1st Meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee (2021) of Kwai Tsing District Council Date and Time: 19 February 2021, 10:00 a.m. – 6:05 p.m. 24 February 2021, 10:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Venue: K&T DO Conference Room Attendee Time of Arrival Time of Departure Mr LAM Siu-fai (Chairman) Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr CHOI Nga-man (Vice-chairman) Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr CHAN Chi-wing Start of Meeting 19 February, 12:06 p.m. Mr CHEUNG Kwan-kiu, Steve Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr CHEUNG Man-lung 19 February, 10:03 a.m. End of Meeting Mr CHOW Wai-hung, Rayman 19 February, 10:10 a.m. End of Meeting Mr HON Chun-yin Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr HUI Kei-cheung 19 February, 10:03 a.m. End of Meeting Miss KWOK Fu-yung 19 February, 10:10 a.m. 19 February, 1:20 p.m. Mr KWOK Tsz-kin 19 February, 10:45 a.m. End of Meeting Mr LAU Chi-kit Start of Meeting End of Meeting Ms LAU Kwai-mui Start of Meeting End of Meeting Miss LEUNG Ching-shan Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Kam-wai Start of Meeting End of Meeting Ms LEUNG Kar-ming Start of Meeting 24 February, 12:14 p.m. Mr LEUNG Kwok-wah Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Wing-kuen 19 February, 10:06 a.m. 19 February, 3:49 p.m. Miss LO Yuen-ting Start of Meeting 19 February, 5:18 p.m. Mr NG Kim-sing 19 February, 10:55 a.m. End of Meeting Mr SIN Chung-kai, SBS, JP Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr SIN Ho-fai Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr TAM Ka-chun, Warren Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr TONG Ho-man 19 February, 10:08 a.m. End of Meeting Mr TSUI Hiu-kit Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr WONG Bing-kuen 19 February, 3:41 p.m. End of Meeting Mr WONG Chun-tat 19 February, 10:08 a.m. End of Meeting Miss WONG Pit-man 19 February, 10:12 a.m. End of Meeting Mr WONG Tin-yan Start of Meeting 24 February, 1:05 p.m. In Attendance Mr WONG Siu-fai Senior Engineer 3/ Universal Accessibility, Highways Department Mr PUI Sze-yuen Project Coordinator 2/ Universal Accessibility, Highways Department Ms NG Yim-ling, Elaine Public Relations Officer/ Universal Accessibility, Highways Department Mr WAN Cheuk-keung Senior Engineer 2/ Tsuen Wan Road, Highways Department Mr YU Chun-tat Engineer 4/ Tsuen Wan Road, Highways Department Ms CHOW Hoi-yi District Engineer/ Kwai Tsing (E), Highways Department Ms NG Wai-ki District Engineer/ Kwai Tsing (W), Highways Department Mr WONG Ka-chun, Danny Senior Transport Officer/ Kwai Tsing 1, Transport Department Mr HO Ka-fai Senior Transport Officer/ Kwai Tsing 2, Transport Department Mr LI Hok-lai, Matthew Engineer/ District Facilities, Transport Department Mr NG Ho-leung, Jacky Engineer/ Tsing Yi, Transport Department Mr LO Chun-hin Engineer/ Kwai Chung, Transport Department Mr KWAN Yu-hang, Jason Engineer/ 24 (W), Civil Engineering and Development Department Mr TSANG Yiu-tim Officer-in-Charge, District Traffic Team, Kwai Tsing Police District, Hong Kong Police Force Mr CHEUNG Ka-wah Head of Traffic Prosecution Enforcement Unit, Kwai Tsing Police District, Hong Kong Police Force Mr LEUNG Wang-cheong Manager (Operations), The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd Ms WONG Peggy Assistant Manager (Planning & Development), The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd Miss LEUNG Betsy Manager (Public Affairs), The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd Mr CHAN Yiu-chung Assistant Public Relations Manager – External Affairs, MTR Corporation Limited Mr WONG Chi-kang, John Deputy Project Manager, WSP (Asia) Limited Mr KWOK Ka-wang, Gavin Project Engineer, WSP (Asia) Limited Mr LO Issac Project Director, AECOM Asia Company Limited Mr TAI Derek Project Manager, AECOM Asia Company Limited Dr HUNG Wing-tat Volunteer Consultant of “Research on Transport Infrastructure and Facilities in Kwai Tsing” Ms LAM Cho-yan Senior Project Manager, Boys’ Brigade, Hong Kong Ms JAN Choi-wan Public Relations and Fundraising Manager, Boys’ Brigade, Hong Kong Mr WONG Chung-chuen Executive Director, Ho Wang SPB Limited (Traffic &Transportation Consultants) Mr YUEN Wai-tik Senior Traffic Engineer, Ho Wang SPB Limited (Traffic &Transportation Consultants) Miss YIM Yik-huen, Bonnie Assistant District Officer (Kwai Tsing), Kwai Tsing District Office Miss SIU Wai-man, Eunice Executive Officer (District Council) 1, Kwai Tsing (Secretary) District Office Responsible Department Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed Members and representatives of government departments and organisations to the 1st meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee (“TTC”) (2021) of Kwai Tsing District Council (“K&T DC”). Confirmation of Minutes of the 4th Meeting (2020) held on 15 October 2020 2. Miss LEUNG Ching-shan moved a motion to confirm the minutes. The motion was seconded by Mr HON Chun-yin. Members endorsed the minutes unanimously. Follow-up on Circulation Paper Response from Highways Department to Members’ Comments on “Third Phase” under the “Universal Accessibility” Programme – Lift Retrofitting Works for 7 Footbridges (Structure Nos. NF125, NF126, NF213, NF233, NF292, NF323 and N423) at Kwai Tsing District (TTC Circulation Paper No. 46/2020) 3. The Chairman indicated that the paper had been endorsed by circulation on 15 December 2020. However, as Members had commented on the paper, departmental representatives were invited to attend the meeting. 4. Mr LAU Chi-kit put forth opinions and enquiries on the Structure No. NF126 project as follows: (i) He considered Lift No. 2 not very useful as wheelchair users could use the existing ramp to travel. (ii) He asked about the demand for Lift No. 2. 5. Mr SIN Ho-fai put forth opinions and enquiries on the Structure No. NF323 project as follows: (i) He expressed support for the project. (ii) He asked whether the trees in the planters of the project would be transplanted in situ after removal. 6. Mr WONG Chi-kang, John, Deputy Project Manager of WSP (Asia) Limited, 4 Responsible Department responded on the Structure No. NF126 project as follows: (i) Wheelchair users might be inconvenienced if they had to walk a little further to the footbridge via the ramp. (ii) At present, the maximum hourly pedestrian flow at the road section was 352. It was tentatively estimated that the maximum hourly pedestrian flow would increase by 250 in the future, and it was considered necessary to retrofit a lift at that location. 7. Mr KWOK Ka-wang, Gavin, Project Engineer of WSP (Asia) Limited, responded that the lift for the Structure No. NF323 project was located at the planter, one tree might be affected in the preliminary study, and that tree would be replanted in another location. 8. Mr TAM Ka-chun, Warren asked if the relevant department had been contacted regarding the replanting of the tree. 9. Mr SIN Ho-fai said the residents were quite concerned about the need to remove trees for the works and hoped that the affected trees could be transplanted. 10. Mr LAU Chi-kit put forth opinions on the Structure No. NF126 project that if Lift No. 2 was retrofitted, residents would have to walk a little further to use the lift to reach the footbridge, which was more inconvenient than the existing ramp to reach the footbridge. 11. Mr CHEUNG Kwan-kiu, Steve put forth opinions and enquiries as follows: (i) He asked if any study had been conducted on the underground pipelines in the vicinity for the seven walkways and whether the works would affect the traffic in the vicinity. (ii) He said there was a walkway project in his constituency approved in 2012, but now it had been cancelled due to problems with the pipeline. (iii) He asked whether the Highways Department (“HyD”) had conducted a preliminary study on the feasibility of the seven walkways. 12. Mr WONG Siu-fai, Senior Engineer 3/ Universal Accessibility of HyD, responded as follows: 5 Responsible Department (i) Regarding tree preservation, the Government would prefer to transplant trees as far as possible when taking forward the works in principle, but certain factors had to be considered, such as species, health condition and location of the trees. HyD would replant trees only when there was no other alternative. (ii) For the Structure No. NF126 project, the Government would, as a matter of principle, retrofit a lift at the footbridge or pedestrian subway wherever technically feasible when implementing the project. In addition, there were opportunities for other developments in the vicinity of Lift No. 2, which might increase pedestrian flow. The Department would be pleased to listen to Members’ views on the project. (iii) On the issue of pipelines, pipeline relocation was a significant problem for lift retrofitting. The Department had learnt from experience and would carry out early pipeline surveys from the second phase of the Universal Accessibility Programme onwards, before the detailed design of the project was carried out, to avoid cancellation of lift retrofitting projects due to pipeline problems in future. (iv) On the issue of traffic, the consulting company would carry out a preliminary traffic impact assessment during the investigation and design stage to assess the future traffic impact of the project in the vicinity of the lifts. 13. Mr WONG Chi-kang, John responded that under the Universal Accessibility Programme, the Department would look into the possibility of retrofitting lifts to the footbridges. Lift No. 2 of Structure No. NF126 could accommodate the future development.