Vulnerability of the project to risks

There will be no change to the likelihood of flooding on the M8 within the scheme extents upon completion of the works.

Works are restricted to areas of made ground on the M8 carriageway surface, with access to the scheme gained via the M8 mainline. TM will employ two nighttime full road closures with a signed diversion, however, emergency vehicles will have access to the road at all times. As such, the proposed works’ impacts on road traffic accidents are assessed to be of negligible magnitude.

A Site Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) will be produced by BEAR Scotland which sets out a framework to reduce the risk of adverse impacts from construction activities on sensitive environmental receptors. The Contractor will comply with all conditions of the SEMP during works and may be subject to audit throughout the contract by the Performance Audit Group (PAG).

Considering the above, the vulnerability of the project to of major accidents and disasters is considered to be low.