HUGH ROBERTSON MP CONDEMNS PLANS FOR HUGE NEW RAIL DISTRIBUTION PARK AT JUNCTION 8 OF M20

Hugh Robertson has hit out at proposals for a prospective 382,000 sq mile rail distribution park next to Junction 8 of the M20.

Hugh Robertson has hit out at proposals for a prospective 382,000 sq mile rail distribution park next to Junction 8 of the M20.

Hugh said,

“This proposal will, quite rightly, horrify anyone living in Bearsted, Hollingbourne, Leeds, Langley and Otham and across the wider area of east Maidstone. A huge industrial park is wholly inappropriate for rural mid Kent and would change forever the essential character of the area.

If such a park would, indeed, shift freight off the motorways and onto the railways, it should logically be situated close to a port of entry and in an area of existing industrial development”.