Paragraph 5 Solid quay structureI1

England and Wales

The undertaker is permitted to construct the solid quay structure according to the following specification—

(a)

F1phase 1a—

(i)

the combi-pile wall is to consist of 120 king piles (of approximately 2 metres diameter) with intermediate sheet piles;

(ii)

the anchor wall is to consist of a length of approximately 210 metres of sheet piles; and

(iii)

40 piles of 660 millimetre diameter are required for the cope beam to support the landside ship loader rails, installed between the tie rods that connect the king piles to the anchor wall;

(b)

phase 2—

(i)

the combi-pile wall is to consist of an additional 90 king piles with intermediate sheet piles;

(ii)

the anchor wall is to consist of an additional plan length of approximately 200 metres of sheet piles; and

(iii)

a further 35 piles of 660 millimetre diameter are required for the cope beam to support the landside ship loader rails;

(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 65 metres and 87 metres;

(d)

the footprint is to be no more than 87 metres wide by 280 metres long in F2phase 1a, increasing up to a total of 486 metres long in phase 2 – access to the quay is to be directly from the reclaimed area behind the quay wall; and

(e)

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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 5 para. 5(a) substituted (26.8.2022) by The York Potash Harbour Facilities (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/919), arts. 1, 2(6)(b)
F2: Words in Sch. 5 para. 5(d) substituted (26.8.2022) by The York Potash Harbour Facilities (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/919), arts. 1, 2(6)(b)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 5 para. 5 in force at 10.8.2016, see art. 1