• Most of our work takes place below the ground with little long-term above ground impact
• Once the Tunnel Boring Machine sets off it will run 24-hours a day. This will require some activities to be carried out during the night within the site compound area
• All construction traffic will be limited to normal working hours which are between 7am – 7pm Monday to Friday and 7am – 1pm on Saturdays
• During night-time working special lighting would be used that is directed towards working areas
• Where there are public rights of way that interface with our temporary working areas, we will use crossing points to ensure they remain open

Newton-in-Bowland compound (view in map)

• This will be our main working area for the Bowland tunnel and where we will start construction of the tunnel section
• We would be working here for around seven years
• This compound site will be split across Newton Road with our site cabins, material storage and car parking areas to the south of the road
• We will install a temporary bridge over the portion of the Biological Heritage Site within the footprint of our proposed works to reduce the impact on it
• A temporary bridge will be installed over the River Hodder to create a haul road so that our vehicles can avoid travelling through the village of Newton-in-Bowland

Lower Houses compound (view in map)

• This is where the Tunnel Boring Machine will finish constructing the Bowland section and be taken from the ground
• Tunnel construction will mainly be done from the Newton-in-Bowland compound, reducing activity on this site
• We will work here during our normal hours, with a period of around eight weeks where we will need to work during the night
• Surplus material arising from the construction of the tunnel shaft will be kept on site, reducing the number of vehicles using local roads

Lancaster (view in map)

• The main construction access to the site will be taken from the site will be along the A683 through Wray, Tatham, Wennington and Bentham, then along Eskew Lane, Long Lane, Fairhead Road, Spen Brow, Furnessford Road and Park House Lane to enter the Lower Houses site via an eastern access point.
• Typically we expect there to be between four and eight construction vehicle movements on this route each hour. This may peak up to 10 movements per hour.
• We will utilise a road closure along Furnessford Road to allow us to manage construction traffic and ensure it cannot meet in opposing directions. We will maintain acess for people that live and work along this road and have measures in place to ensure the safety of all road users.
• Our construction traffic access proposal will for the most part avoid Main Street in Wray. There will be some occasions during where we would require large vehicles to use Main Street and travel up Helks Brow. We expect this to take place on 18 weeks over the construction period and will include temporary parking restrictions
• We will notify anyone who would be affected by road alterations in advance

Wray satellite compound (view in map)

• We will use a smaller satellite compound outside of Wray as a vehicle holding area
• This would reduce the number and control the timing of all vehicles travelling to the Lower House compound
• Access to this will be from the B6480 Hornby Road

Ribble Valley (view in map)

• Many of the vehicle movements for this work will be to take surplus material from the construction of the new tunnel off our site. This surplus material would be taken to Waddington Fell Quarry, reducing the number of vehicle movements
• The increase of vehicle movements is expected to be around 10% more than usual. Most of those additional movements will be large construction vehicles
• Most of the vehicle movements will take place when the Tunnel Boring Machines are constructing the Bowland tunnel and the Marl Hill tunnel, which need to be done at the same time. This work would last for around two years
• Below is an indication of the additional vehicle movements needed to support our works relating to different parts of the road network;
  • Between the A59 and our access to the Braddup compound, typically between 3 and 9 vehicle movements per hour with a peak averaging up to 16 per hour
  • Between the access to the Braddup compound and Waddington Fell Quarry, typically between 5 and 15 vehicle movements per hour with a peak averaging up to 25 per hour
  • Between Waddington Fell Quarry and the access to the Bonstone compound, typically between 10 and 20 vehicle movements per hour with a peak averaging up to 35 per hour
  • Between the access to the Bonstone compound and the access to the Newton-in-Bowland compound, typically between 5 and 15 per hour with a peak averaging up to 30 per hour

Additional work to support construction traffic access

• A series of road alterations are proposed to ensure the road network can safely accommodate larger construction vehicles
• We may use other traffic management too, such as speed restrictions and traffic lights
• Road alterations will involve junction modifications, creation of access points to our site, and widening of the road
• All works which fall within the highway owned land will be retained by agreement
• Any modifications which encroach on third-party land would be reinstated