Parking 'threatens wood'
29th March 1986, Page 11
29th March 1986
Page 11
Page 11, 29th March 1986
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Keywords :
Channel Tunnel, Transport In Kent, Eurostar, Rail Transport In England, Transport In France, Strasbourg
THE PROVISION of parking facilities for lorries and coaches waiting to pass through Customs controls before using the Channel Tunnel threatens to destroy an important area of woodland in Kent, according to Kent West ME]? Ben Patterson.
But the woodland — Biggin Wood near Cheriton — could be saved if Common Market ministers succeed in abolishing frontier controls before the Channel Tunnel is due to open.
At the March session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Patterson said: "If we arc to believe the repeated statements of all our governments, Customs controls will have been abolished by 1992 . . . so let us support the abolition of barriers to trade — and save Biggin Wood as well."
The tunnel is due to open in 1993.
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Organisations:
European Economic Community, European Parliament
People:
Ben Patterson, Kent West
Locations:
Strasbourg