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Employment Generation

The establishment of an inland port/intermodal within the Southern Highlands has the potential to develop significant employment opportunities associated with its operation. However the greatest employment generator will come from ancillary activities and support businesses such as:

• Import/export facilitation

• Warehousing and storage

• Road to road cross docking

• Container storage

• Preparation of containers for food transportation

• Road, rail and equipment repairs

• Cool chain management of sea freight exports

• Industry park/cluster development.

Major international logistics companies are currently evaluating the Southern Highlands as a viable location and are seeking large tracts of land – Further significant benefit will be that this industry will be the catalyst to develop a viable and extensive manufacturing export cluster.

Already one heavy engineering manufacturer has indicated that they will consider establishing their national warehouse here rather than the Hunter Valley when the intermodal becomes operational.