Forthbank Wind Energy Development - Partnerships for Renewables

Forthbank Wind Energy Development
Baseline Conditions
Site Access Provision
7.3.3 Site access would be obtained from a private access road which leads into the site from
Bowhouse Road. Bowhouse Road forms a continuation of Forth Crescent.
7.3.4 Some upgrading of the private access road will be required to accommodate oversized turbine
delivery vehicles. This will include works at the junction with Bowhouse Road and a series of
bends in the road along its length.
Proposed Construction Access Route
7.3.5 RPS undertook a site visit to examine the preliminary Entec identified route for construction
delivery vehicles. Following comments received as part of the pre-application consultation
process, one significant change is proposed to the Entec route. The route would use the
Clackmannanshire Bridge which crosses the River Forth to the west of the Kincardine Bridge
and negates the need to travel through Kincardine.
7.3.6 The proposed route from the M876 Motorway is shown in Figure 7.1 and is as follows:
• north-east on A876 to roundabout at Higgins’ Neuk;
• left fork at roundabout on to Clackmannanshire Bridge;
• north on Kincardine bypass to roundabout with A977;
• left turn and north on A977 to roundabout with A907;
• left turn on to A907 to Shillinghill Roundabout in Alloa;
• left turn on to Greenside Street and left onto Devon Road;
• continue on to Forth Crescent/Bowhouse Road to access road; and
• left turn into access road to site.
7.3.7 During construction local contractors and other deliveries would approach the site from a variety
of routes depending on their point of origin. The assessment of the increase in traffic will
therefore consider the worst-case scenario of all traffic approaching from the same direction. All
traffic would ultimately use the A907 and Forth Crescent/Bowhouse Road to access the site,
resulting in the greatest increase of traffic occurring on these roads.
Assessment Locations
7.3.8 The impact of the proposed wind energy development related construction traffic has been
calculated at the following locations:
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