Fairhurst

Planning and Environmental Support : Second Tyne Crossing

LOCATION: Wallsend, Tyneside
CLIENT: Bouygues Construction
STATUS: Ongoing

Fairhurst was instructed by Bouygues Travaux provided planning and environmental support to facilitate the manufacture of units for the Second Tyne Crossing in Tyneside.

The Tyne Tunnel Units are proposed to be constructed in a Dry Dock at Wallsend and then transported down river to the site of the Second Tyne Crossing. To facilitate this, silt material had to be removed from Dry Dock No. 4 into Dry Docks No. 3, 2, and 1. The movement of silt material was undertaken below Mean Low Water Springs (MLWS) to ensure that the silt material was not classified as a waste and also to negate the need to secure planning permission for this process.

Fairhurst ensured that Consent was secured under the Water Resources Act from the Environment Agency for the siting of a silt curtain in the River Tyne to ensure that no silt material was deposited into the River itself. Consent was also required from the Marines and Fisheries Agency under the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. This was required to allow the silt material to be deposited into Dry Docks No. 3, 2, and 1.

Planning Permission was also required for the siting of temporary buildings for office use and labour facility use, associated tower cranes, perimeter fencing and car parking area to allow the units to be constructed.

All of the above consents were secured under strict timescales to allow the construction works to commence in summer 2008. The Second Tyne Crossing is expected to be complete and operational by 2011.

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