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BOC Immingham Dissolved Acetylene Project Environmental Statement: Vol. 2 Main Text
Identification of Potential Impacts
12.64 This section identifies the potential impacts of the construction and operational phases of the
Dissolved Acetylene Project.
Construction
Pedestrian and Cyclist Delay and Amenity
12.65 Changes in the volume, composition, or speed of traffic may affect the ability of people to cross
roads. However in general, increases in traffic levels are unlikely to lead to greater increases in
delay for pedestrians and cyclists as, the nature of the site (i.e. being remote) means that these
modes of transport are low. Similar factors affect the pleasantness of a journey for pedestrians
and cyclists. The construction phase of the facility and the increase in vehicle movements does
however have the potential to impact on the amenity of pedestrian and cyclists’ journeys.
Accidents and Safety
12.66 The analysis of accident data (as provided in the ‘Baseline Description’ Section) demonstrates
that there are no existing accident issues on the surrounding highway network. However, an
increase in vehicles generated by the scheme has the potential to increase the number of
personal injury and collision accidents, and to present a threat to road safety.
Driver Delay
12.67 The construction phase could potentially increase driver delay due to the increased volume of
traffic on local roads; including the increased composition of HGVs, however due to the low
volume of predicted traffic it is believed that the increase in delay will be minimal.
Operation
12.68 The operational phase of the facility could potentially result in the same impacts that have been
described above for the construction phase.
Impact Assessment
Introduction
12.69 This section provides an assessment of the significance of the transport impacts on the
environment. The magnitude of impacts has been based on quantitative analysis of traffic flow
changes.
12.70 The assessment of significance has been undertaken following consideration of quantitative flow
changes and the qualitative impact on receptors, as set out in within the Assessment Criteria
Section of this Chapter.
Construction
Magnitude of Effects
12.71 The magnitude of the effect that construction vehicles are predicted to have on the specified study
area is established in Table 12.14. Calculations have been based on the annualised number of
construction vehicles predicted to occur during the nine month construction period, compared to
the annualised baseline survey information.
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