Today was the first opportunity for members of the public to give evidence as witnesses at the Railfreight public inquiry. It was a good morning. Anne Main spoke first and concentrated on rail issues and particularly the disgraceful failure of Network Rail to provide a witness to the Inquiry who could be questioned and cross-examined [...]
Entries Tagged as 'railfreight'
Helioslough rightly under pressure as public has their say at the Inquiry
December 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Hands off Herts, Sandy's blog
Tags:Hands off Herts·Helioslough·Park Street·Radlett freight terminal·railfreight·railfreight public inquiry·Sandy Walkington·St Albans·St Albans Civic Society·STRiFE
As new railfreight inquiry begins, have we uncovered a fundamental flaw in Helioslough’s traffic modelling?
November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hands off Herts, Sandy's blog, Uncategorized
Today was the first day in the new Public Inquiry into developer Helioslough’s appeal against St Albans District Council’s refusal of their application to build a massive freight terminal with a few railway sidings attached in the crucial Green Belt south of the city.
I joined the demonstration organised by STRiFE beforehand and then we all [...]
Tags:Helioslough·Park Street·Radlett·railfreight·Sandy Walkington·St Albans·STRiFE
Over 1200 against, one or two for – it can only be one thing
July 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hands off Herts, Sandy's blog
Those were the letters sent to St Albans District Council in connection with Helioslough’s second application to build the freight terminal. Tonight’s meeting of the St Albans Planning Referrals Committee duly threw the application out No real surprise there.
The big new news is the opposition of the Association of Train Operating Companies [...]
Tags:ATOC·Helioslough·Park Street·railfreight·Thameslink 2000