(19 Jan 2014, 4:46 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote On the Main Road itself there is 2 Access Points onto that bit of land, to be honest that road is a Deathtrap for Cyclists like myself, far to narrow but on the flipside the road could always be widened to Accomodate Buses coming in and out of the Depot, also with a Reduced Speed Limit also, I also thought that an access point from the Rear of the Site on the Slip Road coming off the A1 from Washington could also be put into place to ease Congestion on the Main Road. Other than Drum I can't think of anywhere else GNE could possibly move the Chester le Street and Washington Operations to, Although there is that huge plot of land on the Opposite side of the A1 accross the Road from Birtley Industrial Estate where Kingsleys are Based, and that alone more than likely treble the size of the Plot of Land I had Originally Suggested.
That land at Picktree is owned by Lord Lambton, who is known to be keen on exploring avenues in creating a cash pile - but getting permission to build an industrial site on greenbelt land, will never happen.