4.1.1 As per the Trunk Road T2 EM&A Manual,
the landscape and visual mitigation measures during the construction phase
shall be audited by a Registered Landscape Architect, as a member of the Environmental
Team, at least once every two weeks to ensure compliance with the intended aims
of the measures.
4.1.2 According to the Kai Tak
Development EM&A Manual, measures to mitigate landscape and visual impacts
during construction should be checked to ensure compliance with the intended
aims of the measures. The progress of the engineering works shall be regularly
reviewed onsite to identify the earliest practical opportunities for the
landscape works to be undertaken. The ET shall report on the Contractor’s
compliance on a weekly basis.
4.2.1 To monitor and audit the implementation of
landscape and visual mitigation measures, four weekly landscape and visual site
audits were carried out on 2, 8, 15 and 22 January 2020 and two of them 2 and
15 January 2020 were carried out by a Registered Landscape Architect. The
weekly landscape and visual impact reports were counter-signed by IEC as
according to the requirement of EM&A Manual (AEIAR-130/2009).
4.2.2
From 29 January
2020 to 31 January 2020, no landscape and visual audit was conducted due to the
site was close under the government’s special arrangement to reduce the risk of
the spread of the novel coronavirus in the community.
4.2.3 Should non-compliance of the landscape and
visual impact occur, action in accordance to the event action plan presented in
Appendix
H shall be carried out.