A natural gas fuel filling station for heavy goods lorries could be built on green land near to Logistics North.
Plans submitted to Bolton Council in the past week by CNG Fuels Ltd show they intend to develop a bio-compressed natural gas fuelling station at land at Cutacre, to the south the A6 at Manchester Road West, Little Hulton.
The plans would also include a plant compound for management and storage of natural gas, which would be imported to the site via a below-ground connection to the grid.
The fuelling forecourt area for HGVs would have 12 natural gas refuelling bays for lorries, to be accessed from the A6.
The access into the site would be via a proposed fourth arm being added to the recently constructed traffic signalled T-junction of the A6 and the Brackley Golf Course development.
The site, described on planning documents as ‘an irregularly shaped area of rough pastoral land’, is close to the Logistics North employment area around four kilometres to the south of Bolton town centre and and around a kilometre from junction 4 of the M61, known as the Watergate Lane interchange.
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A transport report attached to the application, states: “The proposals are for an alternative fuel source re-fuelling station, located in close proximity to a logistic centre which is known to use alternative fuel source HGVs and also in close proximity to the M61.
“Bio-CNG refuelling stations are made up of a gas pipeline that is connected to a nearby gas distribution pipeline system.
“Gas is drawn out of the pipeline via on-site compressors. “Once compressed, the gas is stored in above ground storage modules ready to be dispensed into adapted vehicles via dedicated fuelling islands.
“The proposed refuelling station will have 12 fuelling pumps and the stations will be fully automated, un-manned, operated and monitored remotely, and operational 24 hours-a-day, seven-days a week.”
The application said when in operation the fuel site would be expected to generate 18 vehicle trips during morning peak hour and 22 vehicle trips in the afternoon peak hours of between 4pm and 6pm. The application said ‘these very low levels of traffic generation are immaterial and will not have any significant effects on the local highway network’.
Bolton Council will consider the plans after a period of neighbour consultation.
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