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Minutes of the 23rd Meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee (T&TC) Southern District Council (SDC) Date : 4 April 2011 Time : 2:30 p.m. Venue : SDC Conference Room Present: Mr LEUNG Ho-kwan, MH (Chairman) Mr CHAN Fu-ming (Vice-Chairman) Ms MAR Yuet-har, BBS, MH (Chairlady of SDC) Mr CHU Ching-hong, JP (Vice-Chairman of SDC) Mr AU Lap-sing Mr CHAI Man-hon Ir CHAN Lee-shing, William, JP Mrs CHAN LEE Pui-ying Ms CHEUNG Sik-yung Mr CHEUNG Siu-keung Mr FUNG Se-goun, Fergus Mr FUNG Wai-kwong Mr LAM Kai-fai, MH Ms LAM Yuk-chun, MH Mr MAK Chi-yan Mrs MAK TSE How-ling, Ada Mr TSUI Yuen-wa Mr WONG Che-ngai Mr WONG Ling-sun, Vincent Mr Paul ZIMMERMAN Dr YANG Mo, PhD Mr CHEUNG Hon-fan Mr CHOW Seung-man Mr PANG Siu-kei Mr PUK Kwan-kin Dr TANG Chi-wai, Sydney TTC2011/mins23 1 Absent with Apologies: Dr MUI Heung-fu, Dennis Secretary: Miss LI Mei-yee, Ivy Executive Officer II (District Council)3, Home Affairs Department In Attendance: Mr WONG Yin-fun, Alex, JP District Officer (Southern), Home Affairs Department Miss LEUNG Tsz-ying, Almaz Assistant District Officer (Southern), Home Affairs Department Mr YAU Kung-yuen, Corwin Acting Senior Transport Officer/Southern, Transport Department Mr LEE Chen-sing, Sidney Engineer/Southern & Peak 1, Transport Department Mr LIU Po-wa, Paul Engineer 10 (HK Island Division 2), Civil Engineering and Development Department Mr MA Wing-tak, Peter Senior District Engineer/HES, Highways Department Ms AU Siu-ping District Operations Officer (Western), Hong Kong Police Force Mr LAU Wing-fu Officer-in-charge, District Traffic Team/Western District, Hong Kong Police Force Attending by Invitation (Agenda Item 2): Mr WU Chun-kong Engineer 1/Special Duties, Highways Department Mr Kevin MAN Senior Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Ltd Attending by Invitation (Agenda Item 3): Mr Raymond CHUNG Senior Engineer/Town Planning, Transport Department Attending by Invitation (Agenda Item 4): Miss Regina YEUNG Chief Transport Officer/Hong Kong, Transport Department Miss Karen PO Senior Transport Officer/Bus and Railway Branch, Transport Department Mr Simon WONG Planning and Scheduling Manager, Citybus & New World First Bus Services Limited TTC2011/mins23 2 Ms Charlize LIU Assistant Public Affairs Manager, Citybus & New World First Bus Services Limited Mr Philip WONG Operations Manger (Department I), Citybus Mr Vincent NGAI Operations Manager, New World First Bus Services Limited Mr Roger MA Assistant Operations Manager, New World First Bus Services Limited Opening Remarks: The Chairman welcomed Members and co-operated members of the Committee and the following government representatives to the meeting: (a) Mr YAU Kung-yuen, Corwin, Acting Senior Transport Officer, Transport Department (TD); (b) Mr LEE Chen-sing, Sidney, Engineer, TD; (c) Mr LIU Po-wa, Paul, Engineer, Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD); (d) Mr MA Wing-tak, Peter, Senior District Engineer, Highways Department (HyD); and (e) Ms AU Siu-ping, District Operations Officer (Western) and Mr LAU Wing-fu, Officer-in-charge, District Traffic Team/Western District, Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF). 2. The Chairman thanked Mr TO Chi-keung, Gary, Senior Transport Officer, and Ms FUNG Tse-hing, Winnie, Engineer, for attending the previous meetings of the Committee on behalf of TD. The Chairman advised that Mr Corwin YAU, Acting Senior Transport Officer of TD, would represent his department to attend this meeting. 3. The Chairman informed Members that Mr WONG Siu-wah, Pierre, Senior Engineer of CEDD, was absent from this meeting due to other official commitment and Mr Paul LIU was attending on his behalf. Dr MUI Heung-fu was also absent from this meeting due to other commitments. 4. The Chairman proposed and the Committee agreed that each Member would be allotted a maximum of two 3-minute slots to speak in respect of each agenda item. TTC2011/mins23 3 Agenda Item 1: Confirmation of the Minutes of the 22nd Meeting held on 14 February 2011________________________________________________________ 5. The Chairman said that starting from July 2006, audio recordings of the meetings of SDC and its committees had been uploaded to SDC’s website and Members should speak concisely. Since SDC had endorsed that from July 2006 onwards, the minutes of meetings of its committees should be written in summary only, the minutes would be relatively concise and the audio records would provide details of the meetings. The Chinese and English versions of the draft minutes of the aforesaid meeting had been sent to Members, and the Secretariat had not received any amendment proposals. 6. The minutes of meeting, in Chinese and English, were confirmed by the Committee. (Mr Paul ZIMMERMAN and Dr TANG Chi-wai joined the meeting at 2:35 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. respectively.) Agenda Item 2: Consultation on Proposed Addition of Lifts or Ramps to Existing Footbridges and Subways in Southern District (Item raised by Highways Department) (T&TC Paper No. 6/2011) 7. The Chairman welcomed the following representatives to join the discussion of agenda item 2: (a) Mr WU Chun-kong, Engineer, Bridges and Structures Division, HyD; and (b) Mr. Kevin MAN, Senior Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Ltd. 8. Mr WU Chun-kong briefly introduced the background information of the project as detailed in T&TC Paper No. 6/2011. 9. Mr Kevin MAN briefed the Committee on the study report on the feasibility of adding standard ramps or lifts to a footbridge (Structure no. HF59) and two subways (Structure no. HS7 and Structure no. HS13 and 13A) in the Southern District by PowerPoint presentation (Reference Material). TTC2011/mins23 4 Elevated Walkway at Seaview Promenade (Structure no. HF59) 10. Mr FUNG Se-goun and Mr Paul ZIMMERMAN raised comments and enquiries on this item. Details were summarised as below: (a) A Member welcomed the above project. Nevertheless, he pointed out that Island Road, to which the ramp would be linked, did not provide any parking spaces and the driving speed of traffic going pass that area was rather fast. It was therefore not that safe for ramp users to get to Island Road, not to mention that the area was not conveniently connected with other barrier-free access; (b) A Member proposed that HyD should enhance the barrier-free facilities at Island Road altogether, such as adding parking spaces designated for drivers holding the disabled person’s parking permit. If not, he would rather suggest relocating the ramp to the barbecue site near Deep Water Bay beach, so that ramp users could have a wider footway to the ramp after parking their cars at nearby carparks; and (c) A Member opined that HyD did not have a comprehensive planning on developing a barrier-free environment at the said location. 11. The responses of Mr Kevin MAN were as below: (a) The consultant would discuss the proposal of providing parking spaces designated for drivers holding the disabled person’s parking permit on Island Road with TD. He added that the location at Island Road where the ramp linked with was marked as a hatched area, ramp users could park within the area for alighting and boarding; and (b) The barbecue site near Deep Water Bay beach was under the jurisdiction of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), therefore, the suggestion to enhance barrier-free facilities at that location would be referred to LCSD for consideration. Subway at Shek Pai Wan Road near Wah Fu Road (Structure no. HS7) 12. Four Members, namely Mr AU Lap-sing, Mrs MAK TSE How-ling, Mr Paul ZIMMERMAN and Mr CHAI Man-hon, raised comments and enquiries on this project. Details were summarised as below: (a) A Member pointed out that the project would reduce the area of greening zone in the vicinity. Therefore, the consultant was requested to provide the Committee TTC2011/mins23 5 with the layout plan showing the nearby greening zone after the construction of lifts; (b) Some Members wished to know the details of the tree compensation plan; and (c) A Member said that in planning and designing the lifts, HyD should duly consider the law and order problem inside the subway after the commissioning of the lift construction works. Besides, he suggested erecting directional signs near the lift exits at the ground level to show people the locations of the lifts and the way to bus stops. 13. The responses of Mr Kevin MAN were as below: (a) Consideration on transplanting the affected trees on-site as far as possible had already been given during the detailed design of lifts. If it was not feasible, another location would be identified for transplanting those affected trees as a compensatory scheme; and (b) HyD would pay attention to the law and order problems inside the subway after the addition of lifts. Therefore, HyD would consider installing CCTV system and providing enough illumination inside the subway in the detailed design, and directional signs would also be placed near the exits after the completion of the lift project. Subway at Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road near Harbour Mission School (Structure no. HS13 and 13A) 14. Four Members, namely Ms CHEUNG Sik-yung, Mr CHEUNG Siu-keung, Mr WONG Che-ngai and Mr CHAI Man-hon, raised comments and enquiries on the project. Details were summarised as below: (a) A Member asked how the project would match with the construction of the South Island Line (East) (SIL (East)). He noted that HyD planned to re-plant trees nearby to compensate those being felled due to the lift construction and he had no objection to the proposed arrangement. He also enquired about the timetable for consulting the Council on the detailed design of the lift project and the expected works commencement date; (b) A Member enquired if HyD would consider constructing a walkway linking the exit of lift at Harbour Mission School (Lift B) to Ap Lei Chau Drive near Sham Wan Towers so as to facilitate lift user’s access to Ap Lei Chau Drive.