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TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1993
ACC MEMBERS BRIEFED ON CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL WORKS
MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD OF THE AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (ACC) WERE TODAY (TUESDAY) BRIEFED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUTE 3 CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL, FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF THE TUNNEL SITE.
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MEMBERS WERE FIRST BRIEFED BY MR C K WONG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT MR VICTOR TURNER, PRINCIPAL RESIDENT ENGINEER, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONTRACTOR, PRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS, ON CURRENT PROGRESS WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL ON TSING Y].
THE BRIEFING FOCUSED ON MEMBERS' REQUEST ON THE SAFETY AND MONITORING MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN OF THE WORKS AND THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE WELLBEING OF TSING YI RESIDENTS. THESE INCLUDE:
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A TUNNEL ALIGNMENT DESIGNED TO RUN AT A REASONABLE DISTANCE FROM RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;
STRINGENT SAFETY CONTROLS ON THE CONTRACTOR;
AN INDEPENDENT STRUCTURAL ENGINEER TO SURVEY BUILDINGS AND MONITOR THE SITUATION;
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MONITOR VIBRATION LEVELS CAUSED BY BLASTING. THE MOST RIGOROUS HONG KONG STANDARDS WILL BE APPLIED;
SITE STAFF TEAMS TO MONITOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND SAFETY CONTROLS;
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS IN ADVANCE OF EACH BLASTING;
A UTILITY SURVEY DONE IN FULL TO ENSURE THAT UTILITIES WILL NOT BE DAMAGED OR DISRUPTED;
STRINGENT NOISE CONTROLS INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO USE NOISE REDUCTION EQUIPMENT;
STEPS UNDER WAY TO SET UP AN TO MONITOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME (ACP) AND OTHER CHUNG AND ON TSING YI;
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFICE IMPACT OF THE AIRPORT CORE INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS IN KWA1
MINIMISING TRAFFIC DISRUPTION EXCAVATED MATERIAL BY SEA; AND
TO RESIDENTS BY REMOVING
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SETTING UP A WORKS COMMITTES UNDER THE KWA I BOARD TO ADVISE ON THE IMPACT OF ACP AND INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS IN THE DISTRICT.
DISTRICT OTHER
/THE SUB-COMMITTEE
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