The River Humber Gas Pipeline Replacement Order 2016

Construction traffic and accesses

15.—(1) No stage of the authorised project may commence until a traffic management plan, substantially in accordance with the initial TMP, has been submitted to and, following consultation with the highway authority and Highways England, been approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2) The plan must include details of—

(a) siting, design and layout of works to the public highway for the purposes of construction traffic and access;

(b) construction vehicle routeing;

(c) the scheduling and timing of movements and details of abnormal load movements;

(d) pre and post condition surveys of the construction traffic routes, the methodology used for assessing the need for improvements and the funding provision of required highway works;

(e) management of junctions and crossings of public rights of way;

(f) marking and identification of construction vehicles;

(g) driver information packs;

(h) planned monthly inspections of the access roads and associated verges to establish temporary works/repairs and the funding provision; and

(i) temporary vehicle parking, loading, off-loading and manoeuvring facilities for contractors which will be in operation during the lifespan of the construction works.

(3) Each stage of the authorised project must be carried out in accordance with the traffic management plan for that stage.

(4) Unless otherwise approved by the relevant planning authority in the traffic management plan, or in case of emergency, the following restrictions on the movement of vehicles will apply—

(a) construction vehicles must not enter the site except between the hours of 09:00 and 15:15 during term time of North Lincolnshire Council district school(s);

(b) construction vehicles must leave the site using the outbound construction route identified in the initial TMP;

(c) construction vehicles must not leave the site between 19:00 hours and 07:00 hours the following day; and

(d) all site-related traffic must follow the designated route identified within the Drivers Information Pack in the initial TMP.