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As described in Section 7.14.2, the sensitivity of the receptors is considered to
be low.
Because the Project is not expected to have a significant impact on
infrastructure during the operation phase, decommissioning and closure of
the facility is expected to result in a possible negative impact of not more than
minor significance.
7.14.4 Impact Description and Significance: Summary
Table 7.26 provides a summary of the significant impacts likely to arise during
construction, operation and decommissioning prior to the implementation of
mitigation measures (see Chapter 8).
Table 7.26
Summary of Impact Significance Pre-mitigation
Phase Impact Significance (premitigation)
Construction Pressure on or development of
infrastructure, increased waste,
contamination of water resources and traffic
disruption.
Minor Neutral
Operation
Pressure on or development of infrastructure
increased waste, contamination of water
resources, traffic disruption and increased
power supply.
Major Positive
Decommissioning Reduced power to the national grid, local
power supply loess and decline in
infrastructure maintenance and local
authority investment
Minor Negative
7.15 IMPACTS TO HEALTH PROFILE
Health care facilities in these communities are limited; health centres, where
they exist, have insufficient health workers as well as services and supplies.
Partly due to cost, many residents choose instead to go to traditional healers
or herbalists, or to informal medicine shops that are run by people without
formal medical training. The most common health conditions in the area are
caused or exacerbated by poor hygiene and sanitation facilities.
7.15.1 Impact Description and Significance: Construction
Impact Description
The construction phase of the Project will involve many potentially hazardous
activities, including excavation, facility construction, heavy vehicle traffic and
a large construction workforce, many of whom are likely to be foreign.
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