FAQs
- Scheduling HGV deliveries for when the roads are less busy
- Ferrying workers to the pipeline site each day, to reduce the number of vehicle movements
- Carefully planning the movement of workers and materials to minimise trips
- Limiting the size of the construction areas to reduce disruption to footpaths, residents and local roads
- Considering different construction techniques to reduce the amount of disruption
- Proposing alternating routes for construction traffic to relieve congestion
- Routing construction vehicles along main roads to divert construction traffic away from residential areas for most of their journeys
- Using other areas for parking for the construction teams and storing materials away from the working sites to reduce the number of construction vehicles travelling there
- Staggering site activities to reduce traffic
- Restricting when work can be carried out i.e. not overnight, except where all impacts can be fully mitigated
- Considering noise insulation measures.
How will you minimise noise and disruption for local residents during construction?
We appreciate that construction can be disruptive, so we’ll carefully consider local residents as we develop our plans and work hard to reduce disturbance as we undertake our works.
The outline planning approval will be subject to detailed Traffic Management and Construction Environmental Management Plans, which will include measures to reduce disruption, such as:
Will any homes or businesses be directly affected by the reservoir construction?
There are a number of residential properties and farms owned by South East Water on the land intended for the reservoir. Alongside our land agents, we continue to engage regularly with all tenants and support is being provided.
We are engaging with owners of land that will accommodate the pipelines and abstraction works to discuss how we can minimise impact of the temporary and permanent works on their land.
As the outline design evolves it will be subject to ongoing environmental and transport assessments to identify any likely significant impacts on nearby homes or businesses and how these could be avoided or minimised.
The planning application will include an Environmental Statement, which will identify the nature of any remaining impacts and how these could be further minimised.
When will Broad Oak Water be fully constructed by?
We aim to start supplying water from the reservoir from 2035.
However, it is normal for these timescales to evolve, as the project matures.
