A1(T) Elkesley Junction Improvements - Highways Agency
A1(T) Elkesley Junction Improvements - Highways Agency A1(T) Elkesley Junction Improvements - Highways Agency
10.1 Findings at Stage 2 Assessment............................................................... 9110.2 Reason for Scoping Out ............................................................................ 9111 Vehicle Travellers.......................................................................................... 9211.1 Findings at Stage 2 Assessment............................................................... 9211.2 Reason for Scoping Out ............................................................................ 9212 Road Drainage and the Water Environment ................................................. 9312.1 Introduction................................................................................................ 9312.3 Assessment of Impacts ............................................................................. 9312.4 Baseline Conditions................................................................................... 9712.5 Assessment of Environmental Impacts ................................................... 10013 Geology and Soils ....................................................................................... 10313.1 Findings at Stage 2 Assessment............................................................. 10313.2 Reason for Scoping Out .......................................................................... 103Annexes ..................................................................................................................104Annex 2 ...............................................................................................................104Annex 4 ...............................................................................................................105Annex 7 ...............................................................................................................106Annex 9 ...............................................................................................................107Annex 12 .............................................................................................................10914
Introduction and Background1.1 IntroductionThe Highways Agency (HA) has identified the need to improve the A1(T) junction atElkesley Nottinghamshire. The proposed preferred scheme (termed the PreferredVersion) is located northwest of the village as shown on Figure 1.1. The scheme isneeded to provide safer access/egress to and from the village given a numberaccidents caused by the current junction arrangement, which is poorly designedcompared to current standards. The current junction arrangement locally is at-grade,requiring drivers to cross the carriageway to access and leave the village andsections of sub-standard slip lengths on to the A1(T). An enforced 50 mph speedlimit has been implemented as a result. The lack of non-motorised user (NMU)provisions locally also forces people who want to make north-south movement to usea short section of the A1(T) as a crossing point.The planning, design and assessment of this proposed scheme has been carried outin accordance with the guidelines for major road schemes; the Design Manual forRoad and Bridges (DMRB). Volume 11 provides an environmental assessmentframework in relation to set topics.At the time of assessment the DMRB outlined three key stages to this process.• Stage 1 is used to identify environmental constraints to inform the definition ofpreliminary route corridors.• Stage 2 is used to define and compare options, leading to the identification ofa preferred option.• Stage 3 is used to undertake a detailed assessment of the environmentalimplications of the preferred option, identify mitigation related to identifiedimpacts, and describe the residual environmental effects, taking proposedmitigation into account.Previous StudiesThis Stage 3 Environmental Assessment Report (EAR) draws on the conclusions ofthe following reports.• A1(T) Elkesley Junction Improvements Environmental Scoping Report(August, 2003) by Parkman and RPS Consultants.• Draft Stage 2 A1(T) Elkesley Junction Improvements (Phase1: TwyfordBridge Improvements); (Phase 2: Elkesley Gap Closure and GradeSeparated Junction) and (Phase 3: Jockey Lane Gap Closure) EnvironmentalAssessment Report. By RPS Consultants. July, 2006.• Submitted Elkesley Junction Improvements Options Report Stage 2Environmental Assessment May 2009.15
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Introduction and Background1.1 IntroductionThe <strong>Highways</strong> <strong>Agency</strong> (HA) has identified the need to improve the <strong>A1</strong>(T) junction at<strong>Elkesley</strong> Nottinghamshire. The proposed preferred scheme (termed the PreferredVersion) is located northwest of the village as shown on Figure 1.1. The scheme isneeded to provide safer access/egress to and from the village given a numberaccidents caused by the current junction arrangement, which is poorly designedcompared to current standards. The current junction arrangement locally is at-grade,requiring drivers to cross the carriageway to access and leave the village andsections of sub-standard slip lengths on to the <strong>A1</strong>(T). An enforced 50 mph speedlimit has been implemented as a result. The lack of non-motorised user (NMU)provisions locally also forces people who want to make north-south movement to usea short section of the <strong>A1</strong>(T) as a crossing point.The planning, design and assessment of this proposed scheme has been carried outin accordance with the guidelines for major road schemes; the Design Manual forRoad and Bridges (DMRB). Volume 11 provides an environmental assessmentframework in relation to set topics.At the time of assessment the DMRB outlined three key stages to this process.• Stage 1 is used to identify environmental constraints to inform the definition ofpreliminary route corridors.• Stage 2 is used to define and compare options, leading to the identification ofa preferred option.• Stage 3 is used to undertake a detailed assessment of the environmentalimplications of the preferred option, identify mitigation related to identifiedimpacts, and describe the residual environmental effects, taking proposedmitigation into account.Previous StudiesThis Stage 3 Environmental Assessment Report (EAR) draws on the conclusions ofthe following reports.• <strong>A1</strong>(T) <strong>Elkesley</strong> <strong>Junction</strong> <strong>Improvements</strong> Environmental Scoping Report(August, 2003) by Parkman and RPS Consultants.• Draft Stage 2 <strong>A1</strong>(T) <strong>Elkesley</strong> <strong>Junction</strong> <strong>Improvements</strong> (Phase1: TwyfordBridge <strong>Improvements</strong>); (Phase 2: <strong>Elkesley</strong> Gap Closure and GradeSeparated <strong>Junction</strong>) and (Phase 3: Jockey Lane Gap Closure) EnvironmentalAssessment Report. By RPS Consultants. July, 2006.• Submitted <strong>Elkesley</strong> <strong>Junction</strong> <strong>Improvements</strong> Options Report Stage 2Environmental Assessment May 2009.15
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