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into the Temple marshalling yard, in Leyso that the site can be ad up to inter-modal traffic, wants such a project to be porated into the Greater on Council's plans.
Jncillor Dick Drew, a rn-e-m f an Association of Metroin Authorities/British Rail ing party on road and rail A, is a driving force behind roject, and last week he told nvironment committee that a project could combine conomic advantages of lorvith the environmental boof rail transport.
-nmenting on the 15m stanlength lorries which are so
ned to accommodate 20ft 40ft containers, Mr Drew "They are the vehicles that ruined the environment of ping centres like LeytonHigh Road, while at the time cheapening transport and contributing to rising standards."
suggested that Temple ,, like other marshalling i, could be developed to BR gain its intended addiI share of the distribution of ifactu red goods.
: while BR anticipates it can about 2.5m tonnes of such A each year by 1990, Mr believes that this is not gh to meet the AMA's 01,-
e of reducing heavy road Installations such as that lased for Temple Mills make rail freight almost :ractive for shorter hauls as or journeys to Scotland or ontinent.
eady, he said, Garonor,
which is developing a site in Leeds, has made inquiries about Temple Mills and a site in Manchester, and the company has told Mr Drew that it will need to develop around ten to 12 sites nationally at the same time, if it is to make the most of rail facilities.
tie added that the AMA has ready been told by the Freight Transport Association and the Centre for Physical Distribution Management that their members would resist any hint of compulsion to use a fixed distribution system.
But, despite that, he has urged the council to go ahead and designate the site for its strategic plan, and not to become involved in any parochial argu ments with other councils over which should have a terminal. "Having seen that Temple Mills is undoubtedly the right place for East London. we now should get on with what is needed to make progress," he said.
And he warned that, if councils do not encourage industry to make maximum use of rail for its distribution needs after the recession, it will develop roadbased systems instead, and traffic congestion will intensify.