Plans for biggest inland port in Milburn
Construction company Calder Stewart has announced plans to build the country's biggest inland port in the small Otago town of Milburn. It is part of a $3 billion development that will span 200 hectares - with the inland port making up about a quarter of that. The site is zoned for heavy industrial use. Calder Stewart says freight volumes to the area are expected to grow by as much as 40 per cent in the next decade thanks to seasonal peaks in forestry and dairy exports. The company says Port Chalmers is facing storage limits and Milburn was ready to go. Calder Stewart says an inland port there could take as many as 10,000 truck movements off the road a year. Calder Stewart is building the site, which it says will get underway in 24 months. Clutha mayor Bryan Cadogan says the plans are magnificent, especially because the private sector is paying for it.
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