Sentence examples for fracking traffic from inspiring English sources
The study by a Newcastle University team, published in the journal Environment International on Wednesday, also said fracking traffic would increase noise levels locally and could damage rural roads.
A lawyer representing the ExxonMobil CEO told the Journal that Tillerson himself hasn't shared any explicit worries about traffic from fracking companies, but is more concerned about property values.
The traffic generated by fracking in the UK would increase air pollution substantially at a local level at the busiest times, according to a study about the potential impact of lorry traffic.
This paper therefore presents a scoping-level environmental assessment for individual and groups of fracking sites using a newly-created Traffic Impacts Model (TIM).
Last week, council planning officers recommended approval of fracking at one site, Preston New Road, but opposed a second site, Roseacre Wood, but only on traffic concerns, not pollution from fracking itself.
The bureau auctioned the land not just for injection wells, but for fracking itself: for drill pads, for bulldozed roads, for heavy truck traffic.
Fracking risks industrialising previously pristine rural areas and will cause increased traffic and congestion, while locals may miss out on most of the skilled jobs the industry creates, the study into "shale gas rural economy impacts" concluded.
Fracking sites operate with lots of noise, lights, flaring of gas and heavy vehicle traffic operating 24/7.
On Wednesday, planning officers at Lancashire County Council (LCC) said plans by fracking company Cuadrilla should be rejected due to "unacceptable" increases in noise and heavy traffic.
Controversial plans for fracking in Lancashire should be refused because the drilling would cause "unacceptable" increases in noise and heavy traffic, according to the county council's planning officers.
