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<p>The Department made no specific assessment of these commercial, operational decisions.</p><p>
</p><p>The impact on local road and rail network will have been assessed as part of
the planning process. The London Gateway planning consents require various inland
infrastructure works to reflect the scope of the development and the potential levels
of business and traffic. This includes works on the A13, Junction 30 of M25, and rail
freight links that are to be undertaken when specified threshold levels of port development,
and for the associated logistics park, are reached.</p><p> </p><p>It is not necessarily
the case that the transfer of one contract from Tilbury to London Gateway will affect
the overall balance of containers currently sent by rail and road. Like Tilbury, London
Gateway is served by rail as well as road. The DfT is supporting financially some
rail freight flows from Tilbury and London Gateway in recognition of non-commercialised
benefits, such as for the environment, from using rail rather than road for freight.</p><p>
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