Assessment of cumulative effects

The proposed scheme is not anticipated to result in significant environment effects.

The planning applications identified from the search of Perth and Kinross Council’s planning portals did not identify any other projects that are anticipated to result in cumulative effects.

The HRA for the proposed scheme included consideration of the potential for in-combination effects in relation to the River Tay SAC and the Shingle Islands SAC. The HRA concludes that, with the implementation of mitigation measures, there will be no adverse effect in site integrity of the qualifying features on the River Tay SAC and the Shingle Islands SAC.

BEAR Scotland programmes all of its proposed schemes in accordance with appropriate guidance and contractual requirements. All schemes are scheduled while taking account of existing and future planned works, with the intent of limiting any potential cumulative effects in relation to traffic management. As a result of this, where a potential for cumulative impacts is identified, BEAR will reprogramme schemes to avoid/limit any cumulative effects or will utilise existing traffic management to complete multiple schemes at once. This approach allows BEAR Scotland to manage the potential cumulative effects as a result of traffic management, resulting in minimal disruption to users of the Scottish trunk road network.

Overall, it is unlikely that the proposed scheme will have a significant cumulative effect with any other works in the area.