tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21446920.post6031559198780685955..comments2023-03-31T09:19:05.547+01:00Comments on Rugby Town.... (Much more than just cement.): DISUSED RAILWAY NEW BILTONLilianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17194634698841428036noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21446920.post-18709242110771298122007-11-04T19:33:00.000+00:002007-11-04T19:33:00.000+00:00Fair comment, but there are Laws and Regulations t...Fair comment, but there are Laws and Regulations to be followed presumably, or are these industries outside of the Law? If it is such a good idea why have they not done it years before, thus saving thousands of lorry journeys through the town each year. How many unnecessary miles have they done in the town?<BR/><BR/>Most impressive massive plumes from the chimney stack and from what looks like cement mills tonight - Sunday 4th November. <BR/>Did you say there are about 3,000 tonnes of polluted gas every 24 hours? <BR/><BR/>What about the mills, are they extra to that?<BR/><BR/>Interested bystanderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21446920.post-36145248179503263132007-11-02T23:08:00.000+00:002007-11-02T23:08:00.000+00:00Yes, you are right this is a good thing, but why h...Yes, you are right this is a good thing, but why have they had about: <BR/>500 X 50 = 25,000 extra heavy lorries through the town, for TEN years. That is 250,000 extra lorry journeys at 1.5 miles each. If my sums work out that is 375,000 extra miles through Rugby's streets, give or take a few.<BR/><BR/>Rugby Cement Logistics?<BR/>Rugby - Lorry Capital of the World!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21446920.post-34451624648821796442007-11-02T13:08:00.000+00:002007-11-02T13:08:00.000+00:00Surely this is a good thing?If the siding is not u...Surely this is a good thing?<BR/><BR/>If the siding is not used, then the coal will simply be delivered by truck adding to the problems Rugby is already facing with traffic.<BR/><BR/>When you move next to a 'disused' railway, you should not be so naive to think that means 'never to be used again!'<BR/><BR/>Better to get the trucks off the road and use rail!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21446920.post-69126077857223525992007-11-01T23:11:00.000+00:002007-11-01T23:11:00.000+00:00Warwickshire County Council objected to the origin...Warwickshire County Council objected to the original 1997 application to unload 2,000 tonnes coal a week on Rugby station and to truck it through the town in hundreds of lorries. They asked Rugby Cement to use the line instead. But RBC and Rugby Cement took no notice, and have been permitting an increase in tonnage and trucks ever since. Now it is 400 trucks a week, so they say and 1600 tonnes of coal every two days!<BR/><BR/>Has anybody got any idea why this railway has not been re-opened before, and why WCC and RBC have been so in favour of polluting Rugby residents, and making Rugby the lorry capital of the UK? Why have WCC and RBC not acted to stop this madness, and why have they encouraged and allowed the roads in Rugby used by the Cemex 800 daily juggernauts to become potholed and dangerous, while the houses shake and vibrate and pictures fall off the walls?<BR/><BR/>Is that a fair exchange for the random "charitable" few thousand pounds for Rugby in Bloom,or is it <BR/>CEMEX: <BR/>PROFIT BEFORE ENVIRONMENT?<BR/>PROFIT BEFORE HEALTH?<BR/>PROFIT BEFORE RUGBY RESIDENTS?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com