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Highways objections to freight exchange removed
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By Chris Tindall EVIDENCE '1'1 IAT could damage plans for a huge multi-modal freight exchange that would create hundreds of lorry driving jobs will not he heard at a Public Inquiry (PI) because it cannot he legally justified.
Hertfordshire County Council's decision to remove a highways objection to the interchange at Radlett will be welcomed by developers Helioslough.
The objection refers to the impact of the development on the local highway net work and the linkages to the M25. The council says there has been no change since the last PI and, therefore, it risks being liable for paying costs if it pursues the objection.
The 300-acre development includes 3,000 lorry movements a day, 12 freight trains, 3.5m112 of warehousing and a rail link to the Midland Mainline. Helioslough's plans for a strategic rail freight interchange were dismissed last year by the Secretary of State because they failed to show alternative sites were inappropriate (CM 19 February).
For the council, Stuart Pile, executive member for highways and transport. says: -The Inspectorate has made it clear that if we pursue the same objections as were heard in the first PI, we're likely to be liable for paying substantial costs."
St Albans District Council has whittled down its objections to the freight exchange, which protestors claim will house sheds larger than Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.
Helioslough did not comment.