Why isn marine transport being considered as an option for bringing in the required materials?
• Transport of construction materials by sea would require the construction of a jetty. Prior to construction, a full EIS and foreshore licence application would be required. This would add at least a year because of the planning process and there is no certainty that approval would be forthcoming. If approved, the design and construction of the jetty would take a minimum of 18 months to the construction programme. Marine transport in flat bottomed barges to and from a suitable loading port is only possible under calm sea conditions, so the project would be subject to additional downtime and also additional cost. • Construction of a jetty would require importation and removal of materials by land. It is estimated that truck movements would be significant over the period required to construct and demolish the jetty, also because of travel time concrete deliveries would still have to be delivered by road. The piling operation required for jetty construction would create unavoidable noise
