FCC Environment has begun operating at a new rail freight terminal for construction spoil at Cricklewood, North West London.
FCC says sending the spoil on 1,400-1,500-tonne capacity freight trains will remove the need for more than 80 HGVs
The site, operated in partnership with DB Cargo UK, will allow the waste management company to serve the North and West London markets, “both of which have seen an increase in construction projects – most notably HS2 and the redevelopment of Euston Station”.
FCC Environments general manager Roland Willians said: “We’re delighted to have opened up our third facility in London, allowing us to serve the construction industry in areas of London which are seeing a real increase in activity. We have been looking to establish a facility in this location for some time and out partnership with DB Cargo UK has allowed us to do this.”
Terminal
The terminal will receive up to 250kt a year, with the potential to increase this to 500kt annually. From Cricklewood, the spoil will be taken by freight train to FCC Environment’s site at Calvert, Buckinghamshire and re-used to restore the former quarry there.
Sending the spoil on 1,400-1,500-tonne capacity freight trains will remove the need for more than 80 HGVs, FCC said.
Cricklewood will also stock aggregates on site, allowing clients to ‘backload’ when delivering spoil at the facility; further helping to reduce the number of journeys made by HGVs through the capital.
Andrew Sumner from DB Cargo UK, said that the new facility would handle a range of materials for use in the capitals construction industry.
He said: “Our new facility at Cricklewood is of strategic importance to London’s construction sector and will remove thousands of HGVs off London’s already congested road network every year.
“A range of customers will be operating out of the site which has been built with a number of measures to minimise the impact of our operations on the local community.”
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