On Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:02 PM [GMT+1=CET], Dave Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> >> >> There are growing prospects for short-haul traffic. In London, the >> part of the system I know best, a traffic in ballast from a gravel >> pit in Denham to a cement works in West Drayton has been extablished >> for about three years. A large recycling works is being built at Old >> Oak Common in West London, with its own new wharf so that traffic >> can come by water. And the planning permission for the site is such >> that a significant amount of their traffic will have to be by water. > Hi Mike, With regards to the above planning permission I hope it is > better than > the one we got in Warrington. > A large warehousing firm was allowed to build on an inappropriate > site because > they said that incoming stock deliveries would largely be by rail. > After opening they had one train of spaghetti from Italy every year > until their tie to the council grant expired. The siding was then > removed. As I understand it, at Old Oak Common the planning consent sets an upper limit (a pretty tight one, I believe) on the number of lorry movements per period of time, both during the construction and during the operation of the site. This wasn't something imposed from above on the business, but an essential component of the whole project from its inception. The site was chosen because it has good water and rail access. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
