New jetty to reduce number of trucks
The new logistics project at the British port of Bristol also has a significant environmental benefit. The port’s role as a key hub for the new nuclear power station has stepped up another gear as EDF, the energy group behind the major project, announced the opening of a new purpose-built jetty at the Hinkley site.
The majority of the vast quantities of aggregate required to make concrete for the power station are being quarried from the Mendips and transported directly by rail to Avonmouth Dock, from where they are now shipped to the new jetty. According to estimates, each delivery of 6,000 t of aggregate keeps around 300 lorry loads off the roads around Somerset.
Over its life cycle, the newly built Hinkley Point C will be keeping up to 100,000 trucks off Somerset’s roads. Last year the department for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) estimated that the British South West economy would benefit by GBP 200 million per annum during the peak construction period at Hinkley. (fd)