SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1AUTHORISED PROJECT

PART 3REQUIREMENTS

Cable parameters

schedule 1 paragraph 6 + 6.—(1) Cable circuits comprising Works Nos. 6 and 7 must be installed by means of horizontal directional drilling (HDD).

(2) There must be no more than 4 HDD drills completed for Work Nos. 6 and 7.

(3) All cable circuits and joint bays comprising Work Nos. 8, 9 and 19 must be installed in ducting underground and the land above reinstated to pre-construction ground level save for manholes and link box chambers and once constructed all joint boxes and link box chambers must be resilient to flooding.

(4) Trenchless technology must be used to install the cable circuits in the locations identified in the crossings schedule (comprising part of the code of construction practice approved pursuant to requirement 22) for the purpose of passing under a relevant obstruction.

(5) There are to be no more than 66 joint bay locations each comprising up to four joint bays.

(6) There are to be no more than 264 link boxes and no more than 264 fibre optic cable joint boxes.