Travelling to work, school or the shops will be much more difficult

The roads that this proposal would impact are the northern section of the M25, the southern sections of the M1 and A1M, the A414, the A5183 and the entire local road network.

These roads suffer severe congestion now, with regular stationary traffic, without the addition of, as planned by the developer, another 3000 HGV movements every day – all day and all night – that’s two extra lorries every minute

The plan includes car parking spaces for 1665 cars for the employees working on the site. This traffic would be 24/7 as the site would have to work 3 x 8 hour shifts to make it viable

Add to this the possibility that this could evolve into a “road to road” freight exchange with even more traffic than is presently being anticipated

12 freight trains IN AND OUT, every 24 hours. Freight trains are renowned for breaking down;  imagine the impact on commuters

The potential lack of inspection and maintenance on more intensively used tracks on the existing railway – which the developers are not intending to upgrade

Traffic congestion would hamper ambulance, fire and police services attending local incidents

The safety and security of the trains on the site

Potentially hazardous cargo

It will devalue your property and affect its marketability

During the planning stage, it will show up on searches and cause a great deal of uncertainty

The construction stage would bring with it additional noise and extra traffic

If the development were to be completed, it would change the nature of the area further.

The site comprises over 300 acres of Green Belt land

Green Belt was designated to achieve five stated purposes:

	to check the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas
	to prevent neighbouring towns from merging into one another
	to assist in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment
	to preserve the setting and special character of historic towns
	to assist in urban regeneration, by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land
	THIS PROPOSAL FAILS ON FOUR OF THESE PURPOSES FOR DESIGNATING GREEN BELT, AND ARGUABLY, ALL FIVE
	Green Belt land is under mounting pressure all over Hertfordshire. This is the last large piece of Green Belt left between St Albans and London. It must be preserved at all costs.

It would create a new urban area combining Radlett and St Albans, and Park Street and London Colney, which all currently enjoy their own identities

An operation such as this would change the whole area physically and socially

St Albans wants to be renowned as an historic city, not for its International Rail Freight Terminal

Loss of natural habitats and wildlife

The new country park, as proposed by the developers, is very misleading.  This "park" is made up of several, poorly linked areas of land which are already open countryside.

Air: all the fumes from additional traffic, particularly HGVs all day and night

Parts of the local area are already designated an AQMA (Air Quality Management Area) and pollution levels are currently being monitored as they are of hazardous levels of already, due to traffic on the M1 and M25

Noise: the Inter Modal equipment is large heavy machinery for lifting and moving the containers off and on trains and lorries are very noisy

Light: it would be a 24/7, functioning all day and all night.  For its secure operations, high intensity lighting will be required.

The effect on the local water table, aquifers, rivers and streams