Forth Replacement Crossing: Sustainability Appraisal and Carbon Management Report
November 2009
ISBN 978 1 906006 82 2
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Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Background to the Forth Replacement Crossing
1.2 Purpose and Content of the Sustainability Appraisal and Carbon
Management Report
1.3 Benefits of the Sustainability Appraisal and Carbon
Management
2 Policy Context for Undertaking Sustainability
Appraisal
2.1 Introduction
2.2 UK Framework for Sustainable Development
2.3 Scottish Sustainable Development Strategy and Objectives
2.4 Transport Scotland’s Aspirations for Sustainable
Development
3 Approach to Sustainability Appraisal
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Project Life Cycle Approach
3.3 The FRC Sustainability Appraisal Framework
3.4 Consultation on the Sustainable Development Policy and
Framework
3.5 Compatibility of Scheme Objectives with Sustainability
Objectives
3.6 Sustainable Resource Management
3.7 Energy and Carbon Assessment
4 Sustainability Appraisal: Targets, Findings and
Future Opportunities
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Performance Measurement
4.3 Sustainability Objective 1: To Design, Build and Operate a
Reliable Crossing
4.4 Sustainability Objective 2: To Contribute to the Improvement of
Cross-Forth Access to Economic Opportunities
4.5 Sustainability Objective 3: To Contribute Towards the
Development of Cross-Forth Public Transport Opportunities
4.6 Sustainability Objective 4: To Minimise the Scheme Footprint
and Severance of Land
4.7 Sustainability Objective 5: To Adopt Sustainable Resource
Management in Design and Construction
4.8 Sustainability Objective 6: To ensure that community engagement
takes place at all the key stages in the FRC project process as set
out in 'Engaging with Communities’
4.9 Sustainability Objective 7: To improve local accessibility and
reduce community severance
4.10 Sustainability Objective 8: To provide a scheme that
accommodates the needs of disabled people
4.11 Sustainability Objective 9: To contribute to the promotion of
healthy lifestyle opportunities and social inclusion
4.12 Sustainability Objective 10: To provide a safe design for both
vehicle travellers and non-motorised users
4.13 Sustainability Objective 11: To Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Materials and Products Where Practicable
4.14 Sustainability Objective 12: Seek to minimise embodied energy
and carbon associated with key materials and their transport to
site
4.15 Sustainability Objective 13: To Minimise Carbon Emissions Once
the Scheme is Open to Traffic
4.16 Sustainability Objective 14: To protect and enhance the
natural heritage including local biodiversity
4.17 Sustainability Objective 15: To protect the landscape,
historic environment and cultural heritage
4.18 Sustainability Objective 16: To reduce noise and air
emissions
4.19 Sustainability Objective 17: To protect water quality,
geomorphology and maximise the use of sustainable drainage systems
for environmental and hydrological benefit
5 Design Implications and Sustainability
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Main Crossing
5.3 Road Connections
5.4 Moving Forward to Construction
6 Future Sustainability Monitoring
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Construction Monitoring
6.3 Operational Monitoring
Appendix 1 FRC Sustainable Development Policy
Appendix 2 Sustainability Appraisal Framework
Appendix 3 Indicator Results Table
Appendix 4 Testing Scheme Objectives
Appendix 5 Sustainable Resource Management Framework
Appendix 6 Energy and Carbon Report
Appendix 7 Sustainable Design Innovations
Appendix 8 References
Appendix 9 Glossary