gew link in C-chain
Page 11
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
ARONOR, the French eight depot chain, is aiming to open the first Lase of a commercial develintent and truckstop at mirg-en-Bresse in eastern ance early next year.
The site is at a Continental ass-roads for traffic running mi France and Spain to vitverland and West Getany and for north/south affic,
According to George lark, Garonor's newly-apnrited UK director, the site ideally situated to take adimage of the 400km driving stance permitted by EEC ivers' hours rules.
It is 1.5km from the centre Bourg-en-Bresse and is nil from a major autoroute tersection.
Although Garonor is oviding its expertise and .me for the development, it being promoted by a partTship of public and private wrests. Nine local authoris and three other partners ive formed a syndicate hich has a 51 per cent share the development. The local thorities have contributed id to the venture.
A private engineering cornny has a 35 per cent stake, e local chamber of cornerce has a two per cent ike and a hank the remaing 12 per cent.
The total sire occupies 130 'cores, within which a 400hide truckstop, with servicg, washing, fuelling and commodation and catering, ill be opened next spring. Clark says the truckstop is the catalyst for other developments on the site, starting with warehousing for local distribution, a hypermarket, livestock market, a rail link, a hotel and a housing estate.
Total cost of the truckstop development is FFr45 million (14.3 million), while the total first phase (including warehousing/distribution facilities) will cost FFr80 million.
The Bourg-en-Bresse site is the latest link in a chain of Garonor depots which began with the wholly-owned Aulnay sous Bois site opened near Paris in 1967.
It is represented in Britain by the Milton Freight Terminal, near Oxford, a site at Portbury, Bristol and by a warehouse development south of Leeds.
When details of the Leeds and Bristol developments were announced six years ago. Garonor said it also wanted to build at least one major transfer terminal in Greater London.
According to Clark, Garonor is keen to add another British depot. "French hauliers are not prepared to go north of Birmingham,he says.