£400m Port Salford wins planning
PEEL has won planning permission for a £400m port and cargo hub in Salford that will create more than 2,000 jobs.
Plans for Port Salford, which were first proposed five years ago but stalled because of concerns from the Highways Agency, were unanimously passed by Salford Council last night.
Once complete, the scheme will be able to provide container ship berths, every day and create more than 2,000 jobs.
The distribution park will sit next to Manchester Ship Canal in Barton and be served by rail, road and short sea shipping links.
It will include two container ship berths, and accommodate up to 16 freight trains a day for the regional distribution of domestic and international cargo, making it the highest capacity intermodal rail terminal in Britain.
Port Salford, part of Peel’s £50bn Ocean Gateway scheme, will double the number of container trains that serve the two terminals on Trafford Park.
Mike Butterworth, property director at Peel, said: “Port Salford will bring rail, road and short-sea shipping together in a unique development alongside the Manchester Ship Canal.”
He added: “Peel’s vision is to establish the Ocean Gateway as a key source of new jobs, inward investment and sustainable development, together with environmental improvement through the creation of green infrastructure and Port Salford will help to move closer to that goal.”
