The consultant had reviewed work’s impact to the existing traffic load in A Kung Kok Street. A Kung Kok Street is a main route for many buses and mini-buses to/from Ma On Shan area. To reduce the traffic impact to this street during construction, the Construction Team have implemented the following mitigation measures:

1. Construct temporary vehicular bridge across A Kung Kok Street for construction vehicles to reduce usage of A Kung Kok Street;
2. Adopt Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) for the construction of the temporary vehicular bridge to reduce road closure period from 6 nights to 2 nights only;
3. Dump truck would ingress/egress the site via the temporary site access at Ma On Shan Road and haul road inside site area; and
4. Restrict the construction vehicles passing through A Kung Kok Street during peak hours in the morning and afternoon.

Besides utilising quieter construction equipment, the Construction Team adopted the following noise control measures:

1. Extend the hoarding height to 3.5m and install sound absorptive panels along the works area boundary near noise sensitive receivers;
2. Movable noise barrier would be utilised to mitigate noise impact to nearby residents;
3. Apply innovative technology to reduce impact. For example, the Construction Team had adopted Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) for the construction of the temporary vehicular bridge and shortened four nights operations to reduce noise impact.

Environmental Team and Independent Environment Checker were appointed to inspect and monitor the air and noise level near our site. furthermore, the following mitigation measures were taken to promote environment protection:

Environment Management:

1. Utilised Artificial Intelligence (AI) to monitor air, noise and humidity level. Auto spraying will be activated when the humidity level is lower than standard;
2. Revised the location of temporary vehicular bridge to retain an existing camp site and related facilities to reduce construction waste. The site has been utilised as workplace rest area for workers;
3. Adopted Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) for the construction of temporary vehicular bridge to shorten four-night operations and reduce noise impact.
4. Adopted Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) for the construction of Community Liaison Centre (CLC), which improved material measurement and reduce wastage.

Upcycling of Waste:

1. Tree trunks and leaves were upcycled to make timber furniture, stairways, brooms and fertilizers. Some products were donated to nearby communities; and
2. Damaged water-filled barriers, plastic bottles and concrete structures were upcycled to plant some potted plants for beautifying community environment.

Renewable Energy:

1. Utilise solar-powered fans and notice board;
2. Trial Solar Photovoltaic Panels Street Light Post System; and
3. Utilise solar-powered and wind-powered shoe cleaning machine.