- Plans have been unveiled for a new £40m motorway service station on the M1 in South Yorkshire.
- A 20-acre (eight hectare) site at junction 35 near Chapeltown in Sheffield, which is largely woodland, has been chosen.
- Extra Motorway Service Area (MSA) Group said there was a need for services there as drivers were having to go up to 42 miles without the chance to stop.
- It claims the development would create the equivalent of 300 full-time jobs.
- MSA, hope to be able to start construction work next summer, with completion in the summer of 2015, if planning permission was granted early next year.
- A public consultation on the plans has begun before the company submits a planning application.
- This includes a public exhibition at Ecclesfield School
- the company says that 'all thoughts and suggestions received as part of this consultation will be carefully considered and used to shape the proposals for the Sheffield Motorway Service Area before a planning application is prepared and submitted to Sheffield City Council.'
The exhibition, at Ecclesfield School, is open on:
- Friday 6th.September 2013 from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm
- Saturday 7th.September 2013 from 10.00 am to 3.30 pm