{"id":143,"date":"2015-02-12T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwest-environmental.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/02\/12\/traffic-impact-assessment-essex\/"},"modified":"2015-02-12T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T16:44:00","slug":"traffic-impact-assessment-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwest-environmental.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/02\/12\/traffic-impact-assessment-essex\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Impact Assessment – Essex"},"content":{"rendered":"
Traffic Impact Assessment – Grays, Essex<\/p>\n

A waste recycling firm are applying for planning permission for a change of use. The change of use triggers the requrement for a traffic impact assessment.<\/p>\n

First off the baseline conditions must be considered which involves a through traffic count on the surrounding road network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Traffic Impact – Lots of Data<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This data is then used to calculate likely percentage increases from the development.<\/p>\n

The Traffic Impact assessment includes commentary on the modal split of traffic in the area and the trip generation associated with the proposed development.<\/p>\n

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Traffic Impact Assessment – Most counts are now automated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

When considering the different modes of transport it is important to consider that  a small number of HGVs are likely to represent a higher percentage increase, as opposed to a small number of cars the affect of which is diluted within the often high numbers of trips that are generated by cars on most roads on a day to day basis.<\/p>\n

Traffic Impact Assessment<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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