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6.5 Review of EISs

The comprehensiveness and accuracy of EISs are matters of concern. As will be shown in
Chapter 8, many EISs do not meet even the minimum regulatory requirements, much less
provide comprehensive information on which to base
Table 6.3 Presentation of environmental effects

Feature Effects Affected Time

scale

Magn
itude

Controv
ersial

Proba
bility

Mitig
ation

Signifi
cance

Pigeon
House
Road

Reduced risk
of HGV
traffic

Residents Short term

permanent

Local No High None Minor

beneficial

Perceived
severance
due to
elevated
structure

Residents Short term

reducing
with time

Local Potentially Low None Minor

adverse

Breman
Grove

Reductions
in traffic
flow by
about 80 per
cent

Residents
and
children
using the
park

Short term
permanent

Local No High None Minor

beneficial

Beach
Road

Reductions
in traffic
flow by
about 80 per
cent

School
children

Short term
permanent

Local No High None Minor

beneficial

( Source: P.Tomlinson, Ove Arup.)

Table 6.4 Example of ES summary table showing
relative weights given to significance of impacts
( Note: only a selection of key issues given.)

Topic
area

Description of impact Geographical level

of importance of
issue

Impact Nature Significance

I N R D L

Human
beings

Disturbance to existing
properties from traffic
and noise

* Adverse St, R Major

Coalescence of existing
settlements

* Adverse Lt, IR Major