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春生 資深翻譯員
The Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) announced on Tuesday (October 23) it would pay attention to environmental protection and preservation during the newly-approved construction of the West Island Line (WIL) in response to the public's demand for a better job in this regard.
The company said environment-friendly measures during the construction include taking loose materials from the tunneling process by underground conveyor belts to the designated transshipment dock to avoid intrusive transport route above the ground, and relocating the David Trench Rehabilitation Centre to the old Mid-levels Police Station to revitalize the retired Class-3 historic site as well as make way for the Sai Ying Pun MTR stop on the new line.
According to MTRC estimates, the WIL project will produce some 800,000 cubic metres of loose materials from all the digging, tunneling and building operations. In order to minimize the impact of transportation on surface traffic in the affected areas, the company will build temporary conveyor belts to move loose materials from the Sai Ying Pun and Kennedy Town station construction sites to the designated transshipment dock near the University station, where they will be shipped by barges to landfills across the Victoria Harbour.
In addition to relocating existing facilities for the construction of the three WIL stations, such as the Kennedy Town Swimming Pool and the west block of the Centre Street Market, MTRC will also change the location of the Kennedy Town station so that a role of old trees will be spared the risk of death if they are uprooted and replanted elsewhere.
Other related facilities included in the WIL project are two designated elevators inside each of the three MTR stations to provide easy access for the wheelchair-bound, several underground foot tunnels totaling about two kilometres and new public toilets.
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