It is hoped the project will ease congestion in Lincoln and open up land for development.

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The railways were persuaded to move some of their tracks to open up space for development.

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Even less tractable is Russia's territorial dispute with Japan, the obvious country to open up the Russian east for development.

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The federal government recently announced two initiatives to open up millions of acres of public land for solar power project development, and it highlighted seven wind and solar projects on public land in a press release on Tuesday.

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Although the policy has already been adopted by the national park, it will still be open for scrutiny as it is included in the draft Joint Unitary Development Plan drawn up with Pembrokeshire County Council.

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