OUTRAGED Ravenscraig residents have taken their fight against a major industrial site being built on their doorstep to the Scottish Parliament.
John G Russell Transport Limited have lodged controversial plans to create a railhead logistics hub at the former steelworks site in a project that will cost around £200m.
They are calling for Scottish Ministers to reject a planning appeal lodged by the firm after their initial application was thrown out by North LanarkshireIf approved by ministers, the development would be built on the derelict stretch of land that was once home to the largest hot strip steel mill in western Europe.
“With the future of North Lanarkshire and two decades of planned progress at Ravenscraig on the line, it’s time for this appeal to be rejected and for Ravenscraig to again look forward, not back.” Motherwell and Wishaw SNP MSP Clare Adamson says the proposal is a complete departure from what was promised for the site.
“The fundamental issues remain unchanged. This proposal is a complete departure from the Ravenscraig Masterplan. The people who have made this area their home bought into a vision of a regenerated residential community. Council planners rejected the proposal by Russell Transport Ltd as ‘wholly incompatible' with the masterplan and was refused by councillors from all political parties.One resident, who has lived near the site for around 10 years, said: “North Lanarkshire deserves better, and we want to see what we were promised delivered.
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