Landscape Resources. Prior to the commencement of any action that may affect the cultural landscape, any addition of landscape features (i.e. dependencies, fences, vegetation, etc.) as further part of the landscape rehabilitation must be fully supported by the archeological evidence and other documentation with articulation of the analysis of the that brought the conclusion.
Landscape Resources. As the construction works of the Project will be mainly carried out adjacent to the existing roads, the predicted residual impacts on the majority of the landscape resources within the assessment area will be slight to negligible within the construction phase and Day 1 of operation phase and mitigated to be negligible as the works at Year 10 as the mitigation measures mature. These include, LR6 Developed Rural Land, LR7 Grassland/Shrubland Mosaic, LR8 Modified Watercourses, LR9 Open Spaces and Sports Fields. There would be moderate to slight impacts for LR1 Major Road Corridor, LR2 Agricultural Fields, LR4 Residential Settlements, LR5 Hillside and Mixed Woodland during construction phase and at Day 1 of operation phase although these impacts would be mitigated to slight at Year 10. The loss of LR3 Roadside Plantation is significant during the construction phase but mitigated to slight during operation phase after implementing mitigation measures. Highways Department –Works Division CE 76/2017 (HY) Upgrading of Remaining Sections of Kam Tin Road and Xxx Xxx Road Landscape Character Areas The landscape of the assessment area is characterized by a combination of lowland residential settlements which consist of both private residences and village settlements, abandoned agricultural fields, open storage areas, which are further surrounded by upland areas with wooded hill slopes giving way to shrub and coarse grassland. The Project have sought to preserve and where possible enhance the landscape character of the road corridor through the careful design (and implementation) of the upgrading works. This includes the preservation of existing trees, the compensatory planting of new trees for trees that have been fell, the design of new engineering structures which are designed to have an enhanced aesthetic appearance compared to the existing structures. The potential impacts on LCA1 Xxxx Xx Tsuen Lowland Rural and Low-rise Residential Landscape, LCA2 Kam Tin Lowland Rural Landscape and LCA10 Xxxx Xxx Shan Miscellaneous Rural Fringe Landscape would be slight during the construction stage but further be mitigated to negligible at Year 10 during the operation stage with the growth to maturity of the proposed mitigation planting. The potential impacts on LCA3 Shek Kong Barracks Landscape (Shek Kong), LCA4 Kam Tin Modified Water Course Landscape, LCA5 Shek Kong Lowland Rural Landscape, LCA6 Xxx Tsuen Country Park Hillside Landscape, LCA7 Sheung Tsuen Lowland Rural Landsc...
