SHREWSBURY NORTH WEST RELIEF ROAD Appendix 3.1: Outline Construction Environmental Management Plan
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Shropshire Council SHREWSBURY NORTH WEST RELIEF ROAD Appendix 3.1: Outline Construction Environmental Management Plan 70056211-WSP-EGN-AS-RP-LE-00008 FEBRUARY 2021 PUBLIC Shropshire Council SHREWSBURY NORTH WEST RELIEF ROAD Appendix 3.1: Outline Construction Environmental Management Plan TYPE OF DOCUMENT (VERSION) PUBLIC PROJECT NO. 70056211 OUR REF. NO. 70056211-WSP-EGN-AS-RP-LE-00008 DATE: FEBRUARY 2021 PUBLIC Shropshire Council SHREWSBURY NORTH WEST RELIEF ROAD Appendix 3.1: Outline Construction Environmental Management Plan WSP 2nd Floor Shirehall Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury SY2 6ND Phone: +44 121 557 4403 WSP.com PUBLIC CONTENTS 1 BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE CEMP 1 1.3 LEGAL COMPLIANCE 1 1.4 STRUCTURE OF THE CEMP 2 2 PROPOSED SCHEME DESCRIPTION 3 PROPOSED ROUNDABOUT WORKS 3 PROPOSED STRUCTURES 4 3 CONSTRUCTION SITE INFORMATION 6 3.1 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 6 3.2 CONTACT INFORMATION 8 4 GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS 9 4.1 REQUIREMENTS AND CONSENTS 9 CONSENTS REGISTER 9 AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS 9 4.2 OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS 10 4.3 SITE COMPETENCE, TRAINING AND AWARENESS 10 CONTRACTOR TRAINING 10 4.4 INTERNAL COMMUNICATION 11 4.5 EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION 11 COMMUNICATION WITH THE APPLICANT 11 COMMUNICATION WITH STATUTORY AND NON STATUTORY STAKEHOLDERS 12 PUBLIC RELATIONS 13 COMPLAINTS PROCEDURES 14 SHREWSBURY NORTH WEST RELIEF ROAD PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70056211 | Our Ref No.: 70056211-WSP-EGN-AS-RP-LE-00008 February 2021 Shropshire Council 4.6 RISK ASSESSMENTS 15 4.7 METHOD STATEMENTS 15 4.8 INCIDENT RESPONSE AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 16 5 CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION 18 5.1 CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME AND PHASING 18 DEMOLITION PHASE 18 PLANNED FUTURE WORKS 18 5.2 DIVERSIONS OF LOCAL ROADS, FOOTPATHS AND PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAYS (PROWS) 19 5.3 CONSTRUCTION ACCESS / HAULAGE ROUTES, PARKING AND TRAFFIC 21 TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAYS 21 MAINTAINING ACCESS 22 Users of Clayton Way And Little Oxon Lane 22 River User Access 24 Bus routes 24 5.4 CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS 25 5.5 UTILITIES DIVERSIONS 25 5.6 PRIVATE FARM SERVICES 27 5.7 WORKING HOURS AND RESTRICTIONS 27 5.8 SITE SECURITY 27 5.9 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT 28 5.10 SITE OFFICE AND WELFARE FACILITIES 28 5.11 TEMPORARY DRAINAGE SOLUTION 29 5.12 SITE CLEARANCE 29 5.13 EARTHWORKS AND SITE LEVELS 29 5.14 CONSTRUCTION PLANT/EQUIPMENT 29 5.15 CRANES 30 5.16 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 30 5.17 DELIVERIES TO SITE 30 5.18 MATERIAL STORAGE AND HANDLING 31 SHREWSBURY NORTH WEST RELIEF ROAD PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70056211 | Our Ref No.: 70056211-WSP-EGN-AS-RP-LE-00008 February 2021 Shropshire Council 5.19 WHEEL WASHING FACILITIES 32 5.20 LIGHTING 33 5.21 CONSTRUCTION WASTE 33 5.22 KEY CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES 34 5.23 HEALTH AND SAFETY 34 6 KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 35 6.1 ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES 35 6.2 POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 39 7 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MEASURES 43 7.1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROCEDURES 43 7.2 AIR QUALITY 43 GENERAL COMMUNICATION 43 GENERAL DUST MANAGEMENT 44 SITE MANAGEMENT 44 MONITORING 44 PREPARING AND MAINTAINING THE SITE 44 OPERATING VEHICLE/MACHINERY AND SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL 45 OPERATIONS 45 WASTE MANAGEMENT 45 MEASURES SPECIFIC TO DEMOLITION 45 MEASURES SPECIFIC TO EARTHWORKS 46 MEASURES SPECIFIC TO CONSTRUCTION 46 MEASURES SPECIFIC TO TRACKOUT 46 7.3 AGRICULTURE AND SOIL RESOURCES 47 7.4 ARBORICULTURE 47 PROTECTION OF RETAINED ARBORICULTURAL FEATURES 47 Arboricultural Method Statement 47 7.5 LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL 48 7.6 BIODIVERSITY 49 SHREWSBURY NORTH WEST RELIEF ROAD PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70056211 | Our Ref No.: 70056211-WSP-EGN-AS-RP-LE-00008 February 2021 Shropshire Council HABITATS: WOODLAND, TREES, SCRUB, HEDGEROWS AND GRASSLAND 49 HABITATS: RUNNING AND STANDING WATER 49 PONDS 50 AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES 50 FISH 50 AQUATIC MACROPHYTES 50 AMPHIBIANS: GREAT CRESTED NEWTS 50 MAMMALS: BADGER 51 MAMMALS: BATS 51 RIPARIAN MAMMALS: OTTER 52 BREEDING BIRDS 52 TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES 53 INVASIVE SPECIES 53 7.7 CLIMATE CHANGE 53 GREENHOUSE GASES 53 CLIMATE RESILIENCE 54 7.8 EQUALITY 56 7.9 GEOLOGY AND SOILS 57 DECOMMISSIONING BOREHOLES 57 MONITORING ACTIVITIES 57 MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 58 PREVENTATIVE MEASURES 58 7.10 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT 59 ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS 59 ABOVE GROUND HERITAGE ASSETS 60 7.11 LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL 60 7.12 MATERIALS AND WASTE 61 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS 61 COMPLIANCE WITH SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES 61 REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION MEASURES 62 OTHER MEASURES RECOMMENDED TO ACHIEVE GOOD PRACTICE 62 SHREWSBURY NORTH WEST RELIEF ROAD PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70056211 | Our Ref No.: 70056211-WSP-EGN-AS-RP-LE-00008 February 2021 Shropshire Council Contaminated Arisings and Hazardous Waste 62 Materials Management Plan 62 RESPONSIBLE PURCHASING AND SUSTAINABILITY 62 7.13 NOISE AND VIBRATION 63 SURVEYS 64 7.14 POPULATION AND HUMAN HEALTH 64 7.15 ROAD DRAINAGE AND WATER ENVIRONMENT 66 SEDIMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL 66 CONTROL OF HYDROLOGICAL IMPACT 67 VEGETATION CLEARANCE 68 TIMING OF WORKS 68 7.16 FLOOD RISK 69 8 ACRONYMS 70 TABLES Table 3-1 – Personnel with defined environmental responsibilities 6 Table 4-1 – List of minimum required external communications 12 Table 5-1 – Permanent Diversion of Existing Utilities 26 Table 6-1 – Key Environmental Features 35 Table 6-2 – Potential Environmental Impacts 39 Table 7-1 – Project Environmental Procedures 43 Table 7-2 – Construction measures to ensure climate resilience of the construction process 54 FIGURES Figure 4-1 - Indicative Emergency Spill Response Procedure 17 Figure 5-1 – Existing Access Arrangements 23 Figure 5-2 – Proposed Clayton Way Overbridge 23 SHREWSBURY NORTH WEST RELIEF ROAD PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70056211 | Our Ref No.: 70056211-WSP-EGN-AS-RP-LE-00008 February 2021 Shropshire Council Figure 5-3 – Proposed Permanent Access Arrangements 24 Figure 7-1 - The Waste Hierarchy 61 ANNEXES LOCATION PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL PROCEDURES SHREWSBURY NORTH WEST RELIEF ROAD PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70056211 | Our Ref No.: 70056211-WSP-EGN-AS-RP-LE-00008 February 2021 Shropshire Council 1 BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.1. Shropshire Council, as Highway Authority (hereafter referred to as ‘the Applicant’) is seeking to obtain planning permission for the proposed North West Relief Road (hereafter referred to as ‘the Proposed Scheme’) in Shrewsbury. The Proposed Scheme would be a single carriageway road with at-grade junctions, linking the A5 Shrewsbury Southern Bypass with the A5124 Battlefield Link Road. 1.1.2. WSP UK Limited (hereafter referred to as ‘WSP’) has been commissioned by the Applicant to undertake the preliminary design of the Proposed Scheme and to prepare an Environmental Statement (ES) as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process. This Outline Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) has been prepared in support of the detailed planning application and outlines the environmental measures that will be undertaken by the Contractor of the Proposed Scheme during the construction phase. 1.1.3. The area of works required for the construction of the Proposed Scheme (hereafter referred to as ‘the Construction Site’) is approximately 120ha and is identical in size and extent with the Application Boundary for which planning permission is sought for. The Construction Site is shown in Annex A. 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE CEMP 1.2.1. This CEMP specifies the overarching construction management measures the Principal Contractor would implement in order to avoid or reduce environmental impacts during the construction phase of the Proposed Scheme. 1.2.2. This CEMP will inform the production of a final management plan that will be submitted to the Planning Authority for approval prior to the commencement of construction of the Proposed Scheme. This eventual document will be a live document and will be maintained by the Principal Contractor and reviewed and updated on a regular basis throughout the construction phase as new environmental construction measures are identified and implemented. 1.3 LEGAL COMPLIANCE 1.3.1. Considerable environmental legislation applies to the works to be undertaken. The expectation is that all relevant legislation, including requirements for licences, permits and/or consents will be identified by the Applicant and applied for at a later stage in the development of the Proposed Scheme. Working alongside the Principal Contractor the Applicant will identify what these consents are, who is best placed to obtain them and, following the detailed design process what project specific information is available to address the nature of information that these licences, permits and consents require. 1.3.2. For each relevant environmental aspect, the applicable environmental legislation and regulations would be identified from, but not limited to the list provided in Annex B. The list of relevant legislation and its applicability to the Construction Site and the works would be reviewed and updated where necessary by the Principal Contractor. SHREWSBURY NORTH WEST RELIEF ROAD PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70056211 | Our Ref No.: 70056211-WSP-EGN-AS-RP-LE-00008 February 2021 Shropshire Council Page 1 of 70 1.4 STRUCTURE OF THE CEMP 1.4.1. This CEMP is based on established good management construction practices identified in British Standards and Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) guidance and includes the following information: General Environmental Requirements: including an overview of general requirements and consents, competence and training requirements, communication protocols, method statement