Haslingfield Parish Council response to EWR consultation

From my perspective the parish council has responded as constructively as possible
to the points in question. Interesting to see the reference to “Thalys” trains in the
Netherlands and Belgium. The condition of the landscape and its important
botanic and wildlife content, a well made comment.
Farming to feed an ever growing national population another key item.
What appears absent from the EWR content, apart from a minor mention,
is what is envisaged to be moved by freight.
From where does this proposed imported freight originate, its contents?
Why Felixstowe, when nearby continental ports with capacities to handle container
traffic with rail onward to the channel tunnel, are available?
Are there interests beyond simple shipping/freight, that are somewhere in the
background? A sort of Trojan horse in the EWR stable?
Neville James Cole