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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 29, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 28, 2019
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Volunteer deliverers save the Trust thousands of pounds that would be spent on postage each year.
It is a great chance to explore your local community, get some fresh air and help a charity.
To find out more please call or email Emma South on 01621 862 940 or email EmmaS2@essexwt.org.uk
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 26, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 26, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 25, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 25, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 24, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 23, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 22, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 22, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 21, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 21, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 20, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 20, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 20, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 19, 2019
“EWT is fundamentally opposed to the plans for a Lower Thames Crossing and we have serious concerns about the impact of these proposals on the wildlife and habitats of Essex. The cumulative impactsfrom this scheme in terms of biodiversity loss, habitat damage, increased noise, associated development and road lighting could potentially have a serious detrimental impact on the south Essex landscape. We will rigorously seek appropriate mitigation and compensation for the lost or damaged habitats, impacts on protected and priority species and opportunities to enhance, restore or create new habitats as part of the local ecological network. Our aim will be to ensure that there is no net loss to biodiversity as a result of this infrastructure project.”
Following the Highways England consultation in March 2016 on proposals for a Lower Thames Crossing, the Government has announced its decision on the preferred route. The new road (Option C) will link the M25, near North Ockendon, Essex, with the A2 near Shorne, Kent, passing through greenbelt land. It will cross the A13 at Orsett and connect land east of Tilbury to land east of Gravesend via a 2-mile bored tunnel under the River Thames. The Government argues that a new crossing is needed to reduce congestion at the existing Dartford crossing and unlock economic growth, supporting the development of new homes and jobs in the region.
EWT is fundamentally opposed to the plans for a Lower Thames Crossing and we have serious concerns about the impact of these proposals on the wildlife and habitats of Essex. We accept that the choice of a bored tunnel avoids direct impacts on the internationally important wetland and coastal habitats of the Thames Estuary Ramsar/Special Protection Area. However, the location of the tunnel portal to the north of the crossing (and, in particular, the potential works area associated with the tunnel portal) will destroy habitats of importance for protected water voles, reptiles and rare invertebrates.
The new road will result in impacts on a further three designated Local Wildlife Sites and four areas that support UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) priority habitats, including ancient woodland. One of the affected local wildlife sites, Low Street Pit, is an important site for rare Thames Terrace invertebrates.
Overall, the new road will result in loss or damage to important habitats and fragmentation of the habitats that remain, with accompanying impacts on protected and priority species. The cumulative impacts of noise, road lighting and the visual intrusion of ‘man-made’ infrastructure will combine to reduce the remoteness and wildness of the landscape and its tranquillity.
The Trust believes that poorly planned and assessed road developments can have a negative impact on the natural environment (sites, habitats, species and ecosystem function). Road developments should be considered only as a last resort and as part of a sustainable transport strategy, which should be strategically planned and fully integrated with conservation objectives and the land use planning process. This should:
The LTC scheme appraisal places undue emphasis on the theoretical economic benefits of the scheme. It places insufficient emphasis on all other impacts of the scheme, including the economic costs. These include impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, community health and tourism.
The scheme appraisal has not taken account of the effect of the Northern link road in stimulating car-based development. It consequently also fails to take account of the resulting congestion on the new road and feeder roads, arising as a result of new (induced) car trips to new housing, retail and business parks.
We have major concerns that the new road will encourage increased car dependency, generate induced traffic and hence fail to achieve the stated aim of relieving congestion. At the same time it will cause serious environmental damage, adversely impacting on biodiversity and increasing CO2 emissions which contribute to climate breakdown.
The cumulative impacts from this scheme in terms of biodiversity loss, habitat damage, increased noise, associated development and road lighting could potentially have a serious detrimental impact on the south Essex landscape.
We will rigorously seek appropriate mitigation and compensation for the lost or damaged habitats, impacts on protected and priority species and opportunities to enhance, restore or create new habitats as part of the local ecological network. Our aim will be to ensure that there is no net loss to biodiversity as a result of this infrastructure project.
We will also seek to ensure that all opportunities are taken to:
Finally, we aim to impress upon the Government and Highways England the importance of species recording and long-term post-development monitoring. This will be essential in relation to both the impacts of the new road and the enforcement and implementation of any mitigation/compensation measures undertaken.
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 19, 2019
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— Playground Surfaces (@playsurfaceuk) March 19, 2019
