The goal is for both Prospect Global and Passport to get all required construction and environmental permitting and feasibility studies completed so except for final project finance everything is ready to proceed.
Increasing oil production takes quite a few years, involving time spent on seismic studies, exploratory drilling, production drilling, as well as construction of infrastructure for transportation and refining.
The county council report looked at the impact of construction traffic on the A12 and predicted it would be slightly reduced compared to earlier studies.