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LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO SAVE NIGHTOWL AT FEATHERSTONE
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THE INDUSTRY-WIDE campaign to protect overnight parking for truck drivers took a new turn this week as a last-ditch effort was made to save the truckstop at Featherstone in the West Midlands The Nightowi truckstop, at Junction 1 of the M54, was earmarked for closure on 14 December by Kilmartin Properties, which became landlord of the site in March. Kilmartin wants to redevelop it as warehousing. The latest attempt to stop the change of use involved the West Midlands Business Council, the Road Haulage Association, the Freight Transport Association and the T&G section of Unite. They have jointly appealed to Ki#martin's bank, HBOS, to use its influence to reverse the closure.
A statement from the campaign to keep the truckstop open says: "Nightowl was believed to have been offered a short-term lease covering the period to the appeal in return for substantial monthly rental payments which Nlghtowl cannot afford and makes the truckstop an unviable entity."