Environmental Impact Assessment
Construction
Good transport links for construction and movement of large turbine components such as the individual blades are essential when selecting a wind farm location. A full transportation and construction assessment has been conducted.
Access to the local grid is also essential to ensure that the wind farm will be able to export the electricity. Generally the grid connection cabling is run underground adjacent to public highways.
The sole access to the Proposal site is from the B1230, the road between Howden and Gilberdyke. A concrete road currently constitutes the main form of access to the West Lynton Farm.
The preferred route and method for the delivery of turbine components will be agreed with the local highway authority when the Port delivery location for turbine components is confirmed. However, highway studies and discussions with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council Highways team to date indicate that the route from the A1033, A63 from Hull onto the B1230 via Gilberdyke to be the preferred route.
The proposed turbine delivery route avoids major settlements, residential areas and sensitive locations such as churches, schools and hospitals.
During the nine month construction period, construction traffic will amount to just over 10,500 two way vehicle movements. Overall average HGV deliveries along the B1230 would average 14 per day (28 HGV movements), which would also be the typical estimated heavy vehicle frequency for most of the construction programme.
Maximum numbers of vehicle movements have been estimated at 55 per day, which would be experienced when ready-mixed concrete for the turbine bases is being delivered on ten days (which are unlikely to be consecutive days).
When the Proposal is operational, very little traffic will be generated. The residual effects of traffic and transport from the construction phase area assessed as being temporary adverse impacts of minor significance to pedestrian amenity during peak deliveries.
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