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Hauliers slam lack of truckstop investment
By Roanna Avison, Chris Tindall and Roger Brown DESPITE THE government's promise this week to produce a national action plan on lorry parking (see panel), hauliers across the country have attacked a lack of public sector understanding and investment in truckstops.
On Wednesday 4 February, Flintshire County Council (FCC) rejected two proposals for a truckstop on the A55 in Wales. while objections have been raised to 75 extra HGV parking spaces at the services at Corley, Warwickshire. on the northbound stretch of the M6.
Meanwhile, the long-running saga over the development of a 200-space truckstop in Cambridgeshire appears to be reaching a conclusion with investment from a private company.
In Wales, Haulier JD Owen Transport Services and Mostyn Estates submitted planning applications for truck park developments off Junction 31 of the A55 in 2007 FCC's planning committee rejected both ideas because the sites were in "inappropriate rural locations': but says it "recognises the need for truckstop JD Owen owner Dai Owen (pictured) is considering whether to appeal the decision or to resubmit the plan with changes. "A lorry park on the A55 is a necessity," he says.
Mostyn Estates managing director Peter Caldwell adds: "It seems the planning committee focused on the environmental issues of the site rather than the impact on the A55, a major Euroroute."
Meanwhile. the former Alconbury truck park near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, has finally been sold despite objections about noise and pollution by Alconbury Parish Council. Mark Stanojevic, owner of a service station on the Al, says he has bought the 200-space lorry park along with storage business Heys Group and hopes to have it up and running in weeks.
The 10-acre site on the A14 was closed in August 2007 and sold to property developers. The local council said it would object to development because lorry drivers were being forced to park on streets, lay-bys and industrial estates.
Stanojevic says: "Drivers have nowhere to park and nowhere to get food. We decided we would get together and sort out the site." Fmally, an application has been submitted for 75 additional HGV parkingspaces and an amenity block at the Welcome Break services at Corley, Warwickshire, where there are 60 HGV parking spaces.
The public consultation on the issue closed on 29 January and a spokesman for the council says there have been a number of objections from residents. It is likely to take three months before the application is considered by the local planning committee.
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