Re: The MegaShed

In article <1icu77w.1v8dy1x141nu73N%%steve%@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Steve Firth
says...
<Jim.Limprick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm not going to start saying that we shouldn't be moving stuff about
on lorries, but this does
seem a little bit over the top. Any comments from anyone who knows
the area?

I'm puzzled why anyone would pick Andover, nor am I sure of where around
Andover they intend to build. It's not the old army medical logistics
depot at Ludgershall is it?

<http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.255026,-1.630118&spn=
0.010045,0.026093&t=h&z=16>

At least that has the benefit of a railhead, although I suspect it's not
been used for "quite some time".

Other than that, it seems a move of certifiable insanity. The A303 is
awful both east and west bound. The routes north and south are
non-existent. It's a drive down the A303 to the M3 for traffic towards
London. For the Midlands it's A303/A34 north and for the ports it's
A303/A34 south, with a junction at Winchester that's congested during
every rush hour.

Quite near Southampton docks with reasonable access to the A34 which
then opens up the whole country.


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