Construction

300,000 tonnes 16,000 HGV lorry loads of aggregate is now required to stabilise and raise the converter site above ground water flooding!

Ground water channels sit just 1 meter below surface level of converter site and it sits between two tidal rivers.

The soil soft, waterlogged, and unconsolidated clay, which is not advised for development especially of this scale.

Bedrock has not yet been found under the converter site after penetration tests - proposed to be 40 meters deep.

Permanent Access Road: A 1-kilometer access road across the marsh will require ongoing maintenance due to subsidence risks, evidenced by the nearby A256 Sandwich Road, which incurred £1.5 million in repairs in 2014 following 10–15 cm of subsidence on comparable marsh soils. Drainage and unbudgeted piling for this road further increase financial exposure.

The local hoverport has now been added to the order limits for construction traffic.

And it is expected that coffer damn will need to be installed in Pegwell Bay for drilling the sea cable through.

Construction traffic (proposed 7am - 7pm 7 days a week), noise, and temporary compounds would compound disturbances from past and ongoing projects. Residents in nearby Ramsgate, Sandwich, Cliffsend, Pegwell Bay Village and Minster could face disruption for over five years.