• Government plans to grow rail freight by 80% by
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2010 took a nosedive this week following its move to slash over £300m from the Strategic Rail Authority's grants budget.
The decision has been roundly condemned by English, Welsh and Scottish Railways as "bitterly disappointing", while the Freight Transport Association says it has already received calls 'from angry shippers" worried about funding for future rail-head projects. Andrew Traill, head of r freight at the ETA, says the g ernment has "an awful lot questions to answer as to \, they're doing it—and with consultation too."
EWS, which currently mu 100 million tonnes of rail frei a year, says it will be taking • matter up with the governmE Somerset-based Masi Wilcox may have been denie seven-figure grant to develcl rail freight facility at AvonmoL The project is now in doubt.