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Local people and their communities

Tr avellers (drivers and pedestrians)

Cultural and national environment.

A listing of impacts relevant to each of these appraisal groups is given in Table
3.6. Table 3.7 gives an example of an EIT for group 1, local people and their
communities.

Appraisal grouping Impact

Local communities Demolition of properties

Noise

Visual impact

Severance

Construction disruption

Tr avellers Driver stress

View from road

Reduction in accidents

Cultural/national Noise

environment Severance

Visual impact

Landscape impacts

Table 3.6Appraisal

groupings

Options

Impact Units Preferred route Do-minimum

Demolition of Number 3 0

properties

Noise Number of properties

experiencing an

increase of more than

1 to 2 1 10

3 to 4 3 2

5 to 9 3 0

10 to 14 5 0

15 + 00

Visual impact Number of properties

subjected to visual impact

Substantial 1 0

Moderate 2 4

Slight 2 4

No change 1 0

Severance Number of properties

Obtaining relief to 2 0

existing severance

Having new severance 3 0

imposed

Construction Number of properties 3 0

disruption within 100 m of site

Table 3.7Sample EIT for ‘local people and their communities’