Anne Main 'welcomes' St Albans District Council initial views on proposed Radlett Rail freight Terminal
2nd November 2006
Following the packed planning meeting last night where St Albans District Council outlined their initial views on the proposed railfreight terminal at Radlett Anne Main, MP for St Albans, has said:
Following the packed planning meeting last night where St Albans District Council outlined their initial views on the proposed railfreight terminal at Radlett Anne Main, MP for St Albans, has said:
"I think that the massive opposition to this proposal demonstrated both at the meeting and at the overflow meeting shows that St Albans does not want, and is prepared to fight, this wholly inappropriate proposal.
"My congratulations go to all members of STRIFE and their supporters, who are fighting a fierce and well coordinated campaign.
"I will watch with interest to see if the Highway issues, crucial to this proposal, which have until December to be addressed, will indeed sound the 'death knell' of this proposal. Only this week I was at a meeting with the WWF (Worldwide Wildlife Fund) who gave me extremely worrying statistics that St Albans has one of the worst carbon footprints in the country. We need help, from the Government, to tackle our issues of pollution, noise and congestion and not have imposed upon us thousands of extra car an lorry movements that will only add to the problem. I have already had one debate with a Government Minister and I am determined to ensure she does not ignore the views of my constituents.""
