Traffic (Post-operational or Post-closure Phase)

 

Movement of vehicles in and out of a site undergoing final restoration, following cessation of mineral extraction will need to be controlled in the same way as movement during the excavation phase, even though aggregate production (and therefore transportation) will by that time have ceased.

There will be significantly fewer vehicles entering and leaving the site on a regular basis at this stage of the quarry life cycle However, there may still be significant on-site vehicular movements arising from all or some of the following activities: dismantling and removal of quarry plant and buildings; modification or stopping up of site access points; removal and spreading of soils from long term screening bunds; replacement in the void of long term out of pit tips; treatment of quarry faces for long term stability; and planting and landscaping work.

The good practice outlined in the Traffic – operational section should be applied to the post-operation phase wherever appropriate.

 

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