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At the end of 2004 the Port entered into a Section 106 agreement (s.106) with Suffolk
Coastal District Council and Suffolk County Council. This agreement is the main
instrument within the planning process (Town and Country Planning Act 1990) for
placing restrictions on developers, often requiring them to minimise the impact
on the local community and to carry out tasks, which will provide community benefits.
Under our s.106 agreement the port will fund many Social, Amenity, Leisure and Environmental
measures locally. These include the development of cycle paths, a Visitor Centre,
a river ferry berth, the recording of historical buildings and monitoring/reduction
of any potential impacts upon the local environment in respect of noise, light,
air quality and sediment denudation.
The Infrastructure Charge will not be used to recover these local costs, but is
intended to recover the costs associated with a series of remote road and rail works
defined by the s.106 agreement and another relating to roads, s.278 of the Highways
Act (1980).
These remote measures can be grouped within four major infrastructure developments:
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Highways upgrades : Lane priority, widening and traffic signalling works
at the major A14 road junction outside Felixstowe and at the Ipswich (A12/A14) interchange |
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Felixstowe Branch Line & Ipswich Rail Yard capacity upgrades : subject
to on-going Rail Inquiry, planned to include dualling of four and a quarter miles of track between
Trimley and Ipswich |
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Ipswich to Peterborough : Cross-country gauge clearance to allow 9ft 6in
containers on standard rail wagons to be routed to the North without going via London |
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Peterborough to Northern Rail Terminals: East Coast Mainline gauge clearance,
including two diversionary routes, to permit 9ft 6in containers on standard rail
wagons to transit north to terminals at Leeds, Wakefield, Selby and Doncaster |
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