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Temporary Works Areas & Construction Facilities

During construction of the SCL, certain sites along the railway alignment will be used as temporary works areas for storing machinery and materials.

To minimise the project's impact on road traffic, rock and soil excavated from the project will be transported over the shortest-possible distance to the nearest barging point for removal by sea to the government-designated disposal areas. Under the current proposal a barging point will be set up on the old runway at Kai Tak.

For the temporary storage of explosives, the setting up of a magazine site at Tseung Kwan O Area 137 has been proposed. The Corporation will adhere strictly to the relevant legislation in its handling of the explosives.