Scotland promotes shift from road to rail
The Scottish government has allocated GBP 1.49 million (EUR 1.7 million) to the sustainable building materials group Tarmac in a freight facilities grant. The fund, which is open to companies looking to move freight by the more sustainable modes of rail or water instead of road, will be used towards expanding rail operations at Tarmac’s Dunbar cement plant.
According to the Scottish government, this award is the first freight facilities grant for rail for a number of years and will help ensure that rail remains the key mode of transport for much of Tarmac’s operations.
With a GBP 25 million (EUR 28.4 million) railfreight fund and its mode shift grant support schemes, which include the freight facilities grant, the Scottish government intends to unlock opportunities for railfreight across the country. (ben)