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Inspectors Report (HA0/RHA0009.Pdf, PDF Format 05. HA0009/KA0007 Donegal County Council An Bord Pleanála INSPECTOR’S REPORT File reference : 05.HA0009/KA0007 DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT : N15/N13 Ballybofey Stranorlar Bypass Dates of Site Inspection : 7,8 ,19 and 20th May, 2008, 9 th June, 2008. Inspector : Vincent Hussey June, 2009 05.HA0009/KA0007 An Bord Pleanálá Page 1 05. HA0009/KA0007 Donegal County Council TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PLANNING FRAMEWORK ORAL HEARING ASSESSMENT OF ISSUES COSTS RECOMMENDATION – CPO RECOMMENDATION – PROPOSED ROAD DEVELOPMENT APPENDICES 05.HA0009/KA0007 An Bord Pleanálá Page 2 05. HA0009/KA0007 Donegal County Council INTRODUCTION 1.1 The proposal is for the construction of about 14.9 kilometres of the N15/N13 to bypass the twin towns of Ballybofey/Stranorlar. It includes the following key components. Approximately 0.4km standard single carriageway on line improvement adjacent to Lough Mourne, followed by 14.2 km of Type 2 Dual Carriageway, followed by 0.3km wide single carriageway forming a 14.9 long southern bypass for the N13/N15, around the Twin Towns of Ballybofey and Stranorlar. Two grade separated junctions at Meencrumlin and Navenny. A major bridge crossing of the River Finn. An additional five road bridges at minor road crossings and two accommodation bridges. Two roundabout junctions, at the N15, east of Stranorlar and at the N13, at Kilcross. A 1.2 km reduced single carriageway link road (the Ballybofey Link Road) joining the proposed bypass to the existing N15 in Ballybofey at a new traffic signal junction. The Ballybofey Link Road includes a bridge crossing at the Burn Daurnett and traffic signal junctions with Creamery Road and Trusk Road. Application was made to An Bord Pleanala by Donegal County Council for the approval of the proposed scheme by letter of 8 th January, 2008 and an Environmental Impact Statement with supporting documentation was submitted. An Application for Confirmation of a Compulsory Purchase Order was made on 10 th January, 2008. COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER The Compulsory Purchase Order was made on 11 th December, 2007 and is titled “Donegal County Council N15 Ballybofey/Stranorlar Bypass – Compulsory Purchase Order 2007. The owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and the occupiers of the land are set out in Schedule Part 1. Part 1 of the Schedule Part 11 describes the public rights-of-way proposed to be extinguished. Documentation submitted with the CPO is as set out in the letter of Donegal County Council of 8th January, 2008, to An Bord Pleanala. The land take, which is the subject of the CPO, is approximately 118 Ha. 05.HA0009/KA0007 An Bord Pleanálá Page 3 05. HA0009/KA0007 Donegal County Council STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATION (N13/15 BALLYBOFEY/STRANORLAR BYPASS, COUNTY DONEGAL) Donegal County Council lodged the application on 24th December, 2007. Further Information was received by An Bórd Pleánála on 28 th January, 2008. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT Contents The Environmental Impact Statement, which is dated November, 2007 was submitted to the Board and is date stamped 24 th December, 2007. It is in four volumes as follows: Non-Technical Summary Volume 1 Main Text Volume 2 Figures Volume 3 Appendices The conclusions from the Final Route Selection Report dated May, 2008 were compiled into Fig. 1 “Summary of Key Issues” table (Appendix 2.3, Volume 3, E.I.S.) which was used to rate each option. The Constraints Study Report, dated September, 2000 included details of the public consultation carried out in June, 2000. Introduction In Section 1.1, Chapter 1 of the main text, it is noted that all proposed works are based on preliminary design only and may be revised at the detailed design stage. It is stated that modifications may be made to improve the design provided this has no adverse environmental effect. The proposal is a Strategic Infrastructure. Improvements to the route have included by-passes of the towns of Ballyshannon, Bundoran and Donegal. The traffic count surveys of July, 2006 are set out in Fig. 2.1. Volumes vary from 8,400 at the Lough Mourne end to a maximum of 16,900 in the centre of Ballybofey Reference is made to the NDP, NSS and Donegal County Development Plan. The introduction outlines the methodology used and the legal requirements for an EIS, as well as reference to the relevant sections of the Roads Acts. Project Background The EIS notes the inadequacies of the present route and notes that the development of the scheme has been carried out generally in accordance with the National Roads Project Management Guidelines (NRPMG). 05.HA0009/KA0007 An Bord Pleanálá Page 4 05. HA0009/KA0007 Donegal County Council Alternative Routes Four alternative route corridors were considered which led to the Corridor Selection Report of May, 2001. The Red Route despite having a major negative impact on landscape and aesthetics had the best overall rating. The blue and green routes were adjudged to be too close to the twin towns and therefore not strictly “bypass” routes. Proposed Scheme The proposed N13/N15 bypass scheme is a 14.9km Type 2 Dual Carriageway route, which stretches from Cashelnavean (west of Ballybofey) to Kilross (north of Stranorlar). There are four junctions along the proposed road, including two roundabouts at Stranorlar and Kilross and two grade separated junctions at Meencrumlin and Navenny. Four road closures are proposed (two public roads and two private access lanes) with alternative access provided or available in each case. These are located at chainage 2,900 Meencrumlin, chainage 4,850 at Goland, chainage 9050 McFeely's Brae, and at chainage 12,650 at Church Road. The N13/N15 road project will require a total of approximately 118 hectares of land, 113 hectares being agricultural land, the remaining five hectares includes crossings of existing roads, existing houses included within the CPO and rivers. The scheme includes nine road bridges (seven public roads and two accommodation tracks), two river bridges(over the River Finn and Burn Daurnett), 1.1km single carriageway link road with three traffic signal junctions to connect the proposed bypass at Navenny with the centre of Ballybofey, two grade separated junctions and two roundabouts. In order to construct the road, two residential properties will need to be acquired. These are at chainage 6,200 and chainage 7,800. Road type. The cross section for Type 2 Dual Carriageway comprises the following: A 2.5m metre verge, 0.5m hard strip, 7m Dual Carriageway comprising two 3.5m traffic lanes, a 1.5m central median with barrier, 7m Dual Carriageway comprising two 3.5m traffic lanes, a 0.5m hard strip and a 2.5m verge. Speed limit will be 100Km per hour. The route alignment. Chapter 3 of the EIS includes a detailed description of the route alignment. The proposed road includes crossings of the River Finn and Burn Daurnett. There are also approximately 25 separate crossings of watercourses and drainage ditches. Details of these crossings are addressed in chapter 8, the Surface Water Quality and Drainage section of the EIS. Surface water runoff from the road drainage will discharge by drainage ponds into rivers, watercourses or drainage ditches. Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) will be used wherever possible to minimise the environment impact of the road drainage system. SuDS mimics the processes that occur in nature and help both to minimize pollution and to attenuate stormwater 05.HA0009/KA0007 An Bord Pleanálá Page 5 05. HA0009/KA0007 Donegal County Council runoff. Grassed channels known as 'swales' and retention ponds are SuDS components that are envisaged. Wherever the scheme is in cut, separate surface water channels and filter drains will be used, eventually discharging from the drainage ponds. Wherever an embankment is constructed with free-draining fill, drainage-over-embankment to grassed channels/swales will be used. Road runoff will travel along these channels, eventually discharging into drainage ponds. Where the alignment passes through an area prone to flooding or where the topography is not suitable for swales, surface water drainage channels will be used, eventually discharging into drainage ponds. Within the proposals contained in the EIS, 17 drainage ponds are proposed along the main line of the proposed scheme (table 3.1 of the EIS) with two further ponds on the Link Road to treat the most polluted part of the surface water runoff from a storm overflow and attenuate the flows before discharging into the receiving watercourses. Flooding of existing watercourses resulting from inflows of surface water will be prevented through attenuation - the relevant drainage ponds will be appropriately sized. The design of the road will take account of winter flooding. The proposed road will include suitably sized culverts to take account of areas of known, and, potential winter flooding of areas which are of a relatively lower topographical contour. Culverts will be installed and bridge spans will be sized so as not to restrict the surface flow of flood waters along the floodplains. All existing land drains, streams and courses severed by the new road will either be culverted under the new road and/or associated Link Roads and side road realignments or will be incorporated into the new road drainage system. The new road drainage design will be designed to ensure that there will be no increased risk of flooding and that the current situation will not be made any worse. Maintenance of ponds will be carried out by Donegal County Council by gaining direct access either from side roads, accommodation roads or the proposed road. Pond areas will be fenced from adjoining land and will be appropriately planted and landscaped. As these drainage facilities mature they will offer the local environment both visual and ecological benefits.
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