Decision on rail logistics hub at Ravenscraig set to be decided in December

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A long running battle to build a huge rail logistics hub is set to be decided by the end of the year.The Russell Group is behind the plans to build the railhead logistics hub at the former industrial site at a cost of around £200m.However, the plans have been fiercely resisted by locals who are concerned the logistics hub could see the movement of HGVs 24-hours-a-day in close proximity to their homes and children’s schools.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Ryan O’Donnell, chairman of the Ravenscraig Community Action Group (RCAG), told us: “For two years we have fought a David and Goliath battle on a wholly inappropriately sited dirty diesel freight proposal.“The plans would see a monolithic industrial complex and an 800 HGV movements a day super-highway in phase one alone which would rip through the heart of Motherwell and surrounding areas, depriving us of much needed new and affordable housing and scarring the Lanarkshire landscape for generations.“The freight hub proposals are coming off the rails and it’s time now for Russell Group to give up the ghost on plans which are universally opposed by communities, councillors, and