Representation by Natasha Mound
- Date submitted
- 13 February 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The cumulative impacts from this scheme in terms of biodiversity loss, habitat damage, increased noise, associated development and road lighting will have a serious detrimental impact on the south Essex landscape. The location of the tunnel portal to the north of the crossing (and, in particular, the potential works area associated with the tunnel portal) will destroy habitats of importance for protected water voles, reptiles and rare invertebrates. Overall, the new road will have a serious detrimental impact on the south Essex landscape. It will result in loss or damage to important habitats and fragmentation of the habitats that remain, with accompanying impacts on protected and priority species. The cumulative impacts of biodiversity loss, habitat damage, noise, road lighting and the visual intrusion of ‘man-made’ infrastructure will combine to reduce the remoteness and wildness of the landscape and its tranquillity.