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This paddock on Melbourne’s fringe could be home to 2 million shipping containers

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The terminal will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with freight trains and large heavy vehicles accessing the site. Pacific National says the site will be a major economic boon for Victoria, generating an estimated $20 billion in gross state product between 2024 and 2050. But nearby residents fear the terminal will ruin their rural way of life, while one environmental expert said Victoria's unique grasslands west of Melbourne were being pushed closer to extinction.

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This paddock on Melbourne’s fringe could be home to 2 million shipping containers

Pacific National proposes to build a 395-hectare freight rail terminal and warehousing hub on green wedge land next door to the small township of Little River.

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The Age broke the news in Australia on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.
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