Griffith City Council | termodal Freight & Logistics Hub, as well as a new business park located behind it. That hub will have a major impact on accessibility to domestic markets, and will provide an ever greater benefit for export and import business by increasing the freight options available. Council is also looking at developing a ‘truck bypass’ route, so trucks don’t have to travel through the middle of Griffith’s CBD – which will improve traffic as well as safety for both drivers and pedestrians. “We’re taking a long term approach,” Greg says. “We know that Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra are getting slowly starved because people can’t buy more land, and if they do buy more land it’s going to cost them a fortune. And getting in and out of Sydney is becoming very expensive, so it’s not effective from a logistical point of view.” As major businesses such as Woolworths, Coles, IGA, and FoodWorks evaluate where to put their future distribution points – or relocate their existing ones – Greg hopes they take a close look at Griffith. “We want them to see that we’re putting the infrastructure in place, that we’re working with private investors, and that we offer some very exciting incentives for investors,” Greg says. “We want them to know that we’re open for business.”
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