UK: Now St Albans freight terminal land sale is challenged
The seemingly never ending story of the proposed rail freight terminal near St Albans has taken another twist. The sale of designated “Green Belt” land – an area with some protection from development – has...Read moreRail freight not the enemy in battle of St Albans
There is no end in sight to the increasingly acrimonious dispute over the proposed development of a new logistics park and rail freight terminal just north of London. The controversy surrounding the development of the...Read moreAnother UK freight terminal, another objection
Another rail freight terminal proposal is coming under fire in the southeast of England. Campaigners in the cathedral city of St Albans have said “no thank you” to plans to convert a former airfield into...Read moreRail freight resistance in seething St Albans
If Segro, the proposed developers of a redundant airfield, thought their plans to build a rail freight terminal were in the bag, they may have to think again. Despite a string of administrative and legal...Read more
Controversy remains over freight terminal plans near London
The planned conversion of a former strategic military air base into a strategic rail freight terminal seems to have passed the final hurdles to development. However, after decades of opposition, campaigners are still fighting the...Read more