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Case
8 - Third Comprehensive Transport Study 1999
Key Environmental
Outcomes or Influences
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Evaluated
air, noise and ecological implications and recommended
potential actions: |
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Integrated land-use and transport planning to reduce the
need for travel. |
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More extensive rail network and promoting trunk and feeder
services to
maximise rail usage. |
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Better co-ordination of different transport modes. |
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Pedestrianization and cycling. |
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The more drastic measures such as restraining the growth
and usage of
vehicles. |
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Further tightening vehicle and emission controls. |
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Use environmentally friendly vehicles, such as those using
LPG and
trolley buses. |
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Traffic management measures. |
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Freight transport by Rail. |
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Expand river trade terminal operation. |
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Consider alternatives at project stage and conduct EIAs.
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Set
out a Strategic Environmental Monitoring and Audit framework
to check the environmental performance and ensure follow-up
actions are taken. |
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According Priority to Railway |
Type of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
Strategic
level environmental assessment of potential transportation
strategies in Hong Kong.
Nature
and Scope of the Proposal
A study
to develop a comprehensive territory-wide transportation strategy
to meet the short to long term transport need of Hong Kong.
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Environmental Quality is a Key Concern of the Study |
Basis of SEA Requirement
As part
of the study to develop the transport strategy. A requirement
to provide information on environmental implications in the
submissions to the high level decision making body, the Executive
Council, in Hong Kong. Downstream EIA requirements for individual
projects arising from the strategy.
Relationship
with Decision Making
The findings
of the environmental assessment are essential input to the
highest decision making body in deciding on the transport
policy directions and developments required.
Alternatives
or Options Evaluation
4 population/traffic
growth scenarios with a range of rail, road, and traffic management
strategic options considered. 99 main model runs with associated
environmental component conducted for strategy development.
Latest
Status and Potential Way Forward
The Study
was substantially completed in October 1999. Project level
EIAs would be conducted on major transportation projects to
determine the details and ensure environmental acceptability
at the project level.
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