Nothing to do with Siemens. The site is being cleared and sidings laid.
Agree, I was really only replying to the point made above that Siemens were running out of space, which I don't think has any justification.
We could already 'take it as read' that this was a Hope Aggregates project. But now that I've found the planning application on the local website I know for certain that is what it is.
If anyone wants to look it up the reference is 14/01998/FUL
From the planning statement:
4.8 The proposals will introduce rail fed aggregate delivery to the site, where aggregate will be imported by rail and then exported to the local market and another concrete batching plant in Portsmouth via HGV’s, and utilised on site to manufacture concrete. It is proposed to increase the importation of aggregate to the site from around 47,500 tonnes to around 135,867 tonnes. Of this 7,500 tonnes will be delivered by road with the remainder delivered by rail.
I assume that figure is per annum. They reckon it is roughly 100 train loads per year:
Again, in terms of aggregate importation Hope Construction Materials are anticipating bringing in approximately 128,205 tonnes of aggregate each year by rail. This equates on average to 100 train loads per annum, utilising the existing rail line.
The entire layout of the site will be transformed, with a new concrete batching plant to the north west side of the site, and a variety of new storage areas. The new yard will occupy the north end of the site, and the drawings seem to indicate that the main siding will run parallel to the existing reception sidings but inside the boundary, over most of the site's length.
