Access Routes & Transport Strategy
Efficient and safe transport logistics are essential for the successful delivery of Calderdale Energy Park.
We are committed to minimising disruption to local communities and protecting the surrounding infrastructure throughout the construction process.
Understanding the local road network:
Transport Assessment: A comprehensive Transport Assessment as part of the EIA will be carried out to identify the best routes for delivering abnormal indivisible loads and other materials to the Site.
This will include evaluating road conditions, identifying necessary safety upgrades, and ensuring the safe transportation of construction traffic and abnormal loads, such as the transformers, the turbine blades and tower sections, on public highway.
Minimising disruption & ensuring safety:
Transport Strategy: We will work closely with local authorities, residents, and transport specialists to ensure the transport strategy is efficient, minimises disruption, and prioritises public safety.
Access Point: We are considering two potential access points to the Site, one from the west and one from the east. The final access point will be determined through further design processes and engagement with statutory bodies and local communities.
Construction traffic management:
Outline Construction Traffic Management Plans: We will submit an outline Construction Traffic Management Plan (oCTMP) as part of the DCO application. This will identify the key strategies for mitigating impacts on road users and minimising disruption during construction. The final Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) will be developed post-consent in consultation with host highways authorities.
Minimising Community Impact: Our goal is to ensure that construction activities, including the transport of large components, cause minimal disruption to local communities and residents. We will identify core transport corridors, select delivery windows and best solutions for abnormal loads, ensure live communication channels and have a dedicated community safety officer role during the construction period to minimise disruption.
Abnormal Indivisible Load Routes
As part of the construction of Calderdale Energy Park, we are considering two potential routes for the transportation of large and Abnormal Indivisible Loads (AIL), including turbine blades, tower sections, and other heavy equipment such as transformers.
These routes are carefully selected to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of materials to the Site while minimising disruption to local communities and the surrounding infrastructure.
Option A: Halifax
The route follows the M62, A629 and A646, before following Warley Road, Spring Hall Lane and Moor End Road. The route continues on Mount Tabor Road and Cold Edge Road via Withens Road. From there, three options to link to the A6033 are being considered.
Option A1: would use the existing Hill House Edge Lane and a junction improvement at its intersection with the A6033.
Option A2: would use a new track linking Hill House Edge Lane to the A6033.
Option A3: would see a new track from Cold Edge Road across Oxenhope Moor to join the A6033.
All options would follow the A6033 south and would enter the site via a new junction at the site’s Northeastern boundary with the A6033.
Option B: Laneshaw Bridge
The route follows the M65, A6068 and then travels east via School Lane to Two Laws road. A new junction ahead of Watersheddles Reservoir would create access to a new track that would allow access to the site at its Northwestern boundary.
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