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Councils and grant regimes ‘thwarting rail freight’

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06 February 2015
 

Unsupportive councils, flawed grant regimes, and inadequate infrastructure are among the barriers to moving more freight in Scotland by rail, a Scottish Parliament inquiry has heard.

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) criticised Highland Council and Dundee City Council in evidence to the freight inquiry being held by the Parliament’s infrastructure and capital investment committee. 

Highland approved a major expansion to the Norbord timber factory seven miles east of Inverness, beside the...

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