# The York Potash Harbour Facilities Order 2016, Paragraph 4: Open quay structure

Extent: E+W

The undertaker is permitted to construct the open quay structure according to the following specification—
(a) suspended deck structures comprised of a reinforced concrete deck supported by approximately 200 driven steel tubular piles in phase 1a, with an additional 200 piles required for phase 2, in the order of 0.9 metres diameter;
(b) the area of the deck structure (quay) is to be no more than 28 metres wide by 280 metres long in phase 1a, increasing up to a total of 486 metres long in phase 2;
(c) the quayside is to consist of engineering fill to create a trafficable surface adjacent to the quay, for the full length of the quay. The width of the quayside is to be between 43 metres and 53 metres;
(d) 2 access bridges are to be constructed during phase 1a, allowing one to be used for the construction of phase 2 whilst maintaining the other for operational access;
(e) installation of a revetment on the re-graded slope, either to be placed on the re-graded slope prior to installation of piles, or placed following installation of the piles; and
(f) replacement of the existing pipe through the embankment between the Tees estuary and the lagoon with 2 new pipes of larger capacity each incorporating independently operated flow control structures.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/772/schedule/5/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/york-potash-harbour-facilities-order-2016/schedule-5/paragraph-4
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