Launch of £8m railfreight park
Wednesday 10th June 2009, 10:15AM BST.
- Flashback to February and the completion and testing of the Donnington Rail Freight Depot, with Cllr Miles Hoskins, Cllr Charles Smith, Cllr Andrew Eade (leader Telford & Wrekin Council) and Ken Russell (operators)
The new £8 million Telford International Railfreight Park was today being officially launched, paving the way for millions of pounds of business investment in the town.
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Theresa Villiers was opening the 26-acre site at Hortonwood, near Donnington, after work on the terminal was completed on time and on budget.
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The way it’s going this thing will soon have had more launches than the space shuttle!!
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First one was a test run.
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Today’s event was the customary opening ceremony. Comment one was another unwarranted negative remark against the project that was conceived to be of benefit to the local economy. Perhaps ‘Rob, Telford’ does not want the community to thrive.
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how did the tory shadow get to open it?
surely this was funded by the Labour government?
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Mmmmmm.
Type 66′s :-)
Must pay it a visit.
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roll on the train – less HGVs great news for the environment and for the local economy
well done all involved (especially the Tory Council and Shadow Minister for Transport who no doubt did all the work!) :)
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