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Council fights coal by road

3rd December 1992, Page 12
3rd December 1992
Page 12
Page 12, 3rd December 1992 — Council fights coal by road
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• Local councillors in Staffordshire aim to stop British Coal from transporting coal across the county by road.

British Coal needs to move the stocks from its High Lane opencast site at Newcastleunder-Lyme to the Springhill disposal point at Cannock because of problems with spontaneous combustion.

But Staffordshire County Council's planning committee has insisted the coal has to travel by rail: "We have had complaints from residents in Cannock and surrounding villages about the amount of heavy traffic on the roads," says councillor Bill Hughes, chairman of the planning committee. "We are just acting in their best interests." British Coal says the coal movements are a temporary measure for safety reasons.