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The Scottish Government Reporter confirmed that the report is now in the possession of Ministers who are considering its findings.
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Monica Lennon has written formally to Scotland's Minister for Planning.
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The proposals from the Russell Group were thrown out by North Lanarkshire Council in December last year.
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Work to install a new railway bridge at Ravenscraig, on the West Coast Mainline (WCML), has been completed on-time over the Easter weekend.
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The Ravenscraig rail bridge will allow a dual carriageway to be constructed under the West Coast main line.
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Significant work at Carstairs and bridge installation in Motherwell will be carried out during the holiday period.
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The £16.9 million structure will carry the existing railway over the planned new dual carriageway at Ravenscraig. [See also item of the 20th, 4th Oct etc. -RS]
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Scotland's Railway is preparing for an intense 10-day programme to install a 5000-tonne bridge on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) at Ravenscraig in North Lanarkshire.
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Work is progressing on a new rail bridge, which will be the largest concrete bridge structure to be transported into position in the UK.
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The plans are set to be debated by North Lanarkshire councillors in mid-December but Lanarkshire Live understands that North Lanarkshire Council planners will move to reject the plans.
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Network Rail welcomed Central Scotland MSP, Graham Simpson, to the site of a new bridge that will be installed under the West Coast Main Line at Motherwell to hear first-hand about progress on the work to date. Once in place, the bridge allows the Council to build a new dual carriageway from Airbles Road/Windmillhill Street to Robberhall Road to connect to the Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, as part of a wider programme to open up the area for future development. [The site is roughly the location of the flyunder by the Dellburn Works and Hurst Nelson, just south east of the Dalzell Steel Works. -RS]
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The Russell Group is seeking permission to build a railhead logistics hub at the former industrial site at a cost of around £200 million.
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Story Contracting has been picked to build a £16.9m bridge to carry the West Coast Main Line as part of road improvements between Motherwell and Ravenscraig.
North Lanarkshire Council has agreed the project with Network Rail. A new dual carriageway will be built from a new signalised roundabout at the Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility and the bridge will be constructed to lift the railway line over the new road. [This location for this bridge is east of the Dalzell Steel Works by the site of the former Dellburn Works. A railway formerly passed under the WCML here serving Dalzell New Yard from Motherwell South Junction. -RS] (Permalink) Dellburn Flemington Motherwell Ravenscraig Story Contracting West Coast Main Line |
Officers have now confirmed the proposals could be voted on as early as February.
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The Scottish Greens want the people of Motherwell and the surrounding areas to have their say. Proposals to develop a massive industrial rail transport hub at Ravenscraig has been described by one Lanarkshire MSP as a white elephant.
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