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FVMS) Limited Variable Message Signs (LVMS) Replacement of TCSS in the Kai Tak Tunnel and Eastern Harbour Crossing – Draft Brief CE 61/2016 (TT) Appendix 1 Proposed Locations of Full Variable Message Signs (FVMS) Limited Variable Message Signs (LVMS) 1. Kai Tak Tunnel (KTT) Kowloon Bay Side Approach Roads (Details are shown in Appendix 7 of this Brief) FVMS LVMS Kai Cheung Road (a) - W/B near Wang Chiu Road Kai Fuk Road (b) - N/B near Caltex Petroleum Station Hung Hom Side Approach Roads (Details are shown in Appendix 7 of this Brief) FVMS LVMS Chatham Road North (c) - E/B near Yan Fung Street Project Division, EMSD Replacement of TCSS in the Kai Tak Tunnel and Eastern Harbour Crossing – Draft Brief CE 61/2016 (TT) Appendix 1 2. Eastern Harbour Crossing (EHC) FVMS LVMS Kwun Tong Bypass (a) - E/B near Lai Yip Street Tseung Kwan O Road (b) - S/B near Pik Wan Road Lei Yue Mun Road, (c) - E/B near Lam Tin Fire Station Hong Kong Island Approach Roads (Details are shown in Appendix 8 of this Brief) FVMS LVMS Island East Corridor, Sai Wan Ho (d) - W/B near Sai Wan Ho Sport Center Oi Shun Road (e) - W/B near Tai Hong Street Korn Hill Slip Road to Island East Corridor (f) - N/B near King’s Road Java Road (g) - E/B near Customs Headquarters Island East Corridor, North Point (h) - E/B near Provident Garden Project Division, EMSD Replacement of TCSS in the Kai Tak Tunnel and Eastern Harbour Crossing – Draft Brief CE 61/2016 (TT) Appendix 2 1. Proposed Equipment for new Traffic Control and Surveillance System for Kai Tak Tunnel (I) Traffic Control Facilities 1) Traffic Management Computer - Controls and monitors various traffic control and surveillance facilities; alerts tunnel operators with audio and visual signals; implements traffic plans and provides the human-machine interface. It is the core component of the TCSS. 2) Full Variable Message Sign - Mounted on gantries at major approach roads to the tunnel to display bilingual traffic messages and graphical information to tunnel users 3) Limited Variable Message Sign - Mounted at secondary approach roads for displaying Tunnel Closed/ Congested signs and advisory/warning/ regulatory signals to effect traffic management schemes 4) Traffic Light Signal - Installed on approach roads to regulate traffic entering the tunnel area and stop over-height vehicles 5) Radio Rebroadcasting System – Disseminate the traffic message to the motorist inside the tunnel tubes 6) Tunnel Lane Control Signal - Installed throughout the tunnel tubes for lane traffic control 7) Control Centre Facilities - Control console and video wall map (II) Traffic Surveillance Facilities 8) Automatic Incident Detection System - Detect traffic incidents in tunnel area 9) Closed Circuit TV System - Capture real-time traffic information in tunnel area 10) Over-height Vehicle Detection System - Detect over-height vehicles prior to their entering Project Division, EMSD Replacement of TCSS in the Kai Tak Tunnel and Eastern Harbour Crossing – Draft Brief CE 61/2016 (TT) Appendix 2 2. Proposed Equipment for new Traffic Control and Surveillance System for Eastern Harbour Crossing (I) Traffic Control Facilities 1) Traffic Management Computer - Controls and monitors various traffic control and surveillance facilities; alerts tunnel operators with audio and visual signals; implements traffic plans and provides the human-machine interface. It is the core component of the TCSS. 2) Full Variable Message Sign - Mounted on gantries at major approach roads to the tunnel to display bilingual traffic messages and graphical information to tunnel users 3) Limited Variable Message Sign - Mounted at secondary approach roads for displaying Tunnel Closed/ Congested signs and advisory/warning/ regulatory signals to effect traffic management schemes 4) Traffic Light Signal - Installed on approach roads to regulate traffic entering the tunnel area and stop over-height vehicles 5) Gantry Lane Control Signal - Installed at tunnel approach roads for control of traffic especially during lane or tube closure 6) Tunnel Lane Control Signal - Installed throughout the tunnel tubes for lane traffic control 7) Radio Rebroadcasting System –Disseminate the traffic message to the motorist inside the tunnel tubes 8) Control Centre Facilities - Control console and video wall map (II) Traffic Surveillance Facilities 9) Automatic Incident Detection System - Detect traffic incidents in tunnel area 10) Closed Circuit TV System - Capture real-time traffic information in tunnel area 11) Over-height Vehicle Detection System - Detect over-height vehicles prior to their entering 12) Environmental Management System - Monitor the air quality along the tunnel tubes 13) Emergency Telephone System - Provide telephone service to the control room in case of emergency Project Division, EMSD Replacement of TCSS in the Kai Tak Tunnel and Eastern Harbour Crossing – Draft Brief CE 61/2016 (TT) Appendix 3 Tentative Project Schedule 1. Work Programme for Replacement of the Traffic Control and Surveillance System in the Kai Tak Tunnel 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Task Duration 7-12 1-6 7-12 1-6 7-12 1-6 7-12 1-6 7-12 1-6 7-12 Traffic and civil engineering study 1 8 months (September 2017 - April 2018) Detailed design 2 9 months (September 2017 - May 2018) Tendering and evaluation 3 5 months (June 2018 – October 2018) Installation, testing and commissioning 4 25 months (November 2018 - November 2020) Project Division, EMSD Replacement of TCSS in the Kai Tak Tunnel and Eastern Harbour Crossing – Draft Brief CE 61/2016 (TT) Appendix 3 Tentative Project Schedule 2. Work Programme for Replacement of the Traffic Control and Surveillance System in the Eastern Harbour Crossing 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Task Duration 7-12 1-6 7-12 1-6 7-12 1-6 7-12 1-6 7-12 1-6 7-12 Traffic and civil engineering study 1 6 months (May 2017 - Oct 2017) Detailed design 2 6 months (Nov 2017 - Apr 2018) Tendering and evaluation 3 8 months (May 2018 – Dec 2018) Installation, testing and commissioning 4 26 months (Jan 2019 - Feb 2021) Project Division, EMSD Replacement of TCSS in the Kai Tak Tunnel and Eastern Harbour Crossing – Draft Brief CE 61/2016 (TT) Appendix 9 Agreement No.: CE 61/2016 Responsibility for Survey Work Project Division, EMSD Replacement of TCSS in the Kai Tak Tunnel and Eastern Harbour Crossing – Draft Brief CE 61/2016 (TT) Appendix 9 Project Division, EMSD .
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