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5361- Kilmainhamwood Compost Facility Extension- EIS
traffic count was carried out (3 rd March 2009), 7 HGVs entered and departed from the facility. This
figure corresponds closely with the figures estimated in Table 13.1 above and as such the assumptions
appear to be satisfactory.
In addition to traffic related to the delivery of materials to or from the composting facility, the facility also
employs 4 full time staff. The proposed extension of the facility is expected to increase numbers to 6 full
time staff. It is assumed that staff will arrive during the morning peak and leave during the evening
peak. The total number of additional trips that the facility will generate during the AM and PM peak is
shown in Table 13.3 below.
Table 13.3 Additional Peak Hour Trips Generated by the Composting Facility Extension
AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour
13.4.2 Trip Distribution
Arriving Departing Arriving Departing
Delivery Vehicles 1 1 1 1
Employee Vehicles 2 0 0 2
Based on information provided by Thorntons Recycling, the vast majority of biowaste being delivered to
the site arrives from the south and through Nobber. Similarly, the vast majority of finished compost
being exported from the site departs to the south and through Nobber. Hence it is assumed that all
additional vehicles (generated by proposed facility extension) will be travelling to and from Nobber. This
assumption corresponds with the data produced by the traffic count (3 rd March 2009). From the traffic
survey (conducted at site entrance) it can be seen that this is similarly the case for cars and light
vehicles. Figures 13.2 and 13.3 below show the expected distribution of traffic arriving to and departing
from the development during the AM and PM peaks.
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