Thames Estuary airport not solution: South East business report
The south east
Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) commissioned a report investigating the possibilities
of an estuary airport. This airport is needed to facilitate the growth of
businesses in the south-east. The report however recommends expanding Gatwick
and Heathrow than building a new estuary airport which will take too long and
will be too expensive.
Chairman of the
LEP John Spence said it is important for the south-east to increase transport
possibilities to help the growth of businesses. The report confirms the need
for expansions however he believes that the immediate need is to improve the
use of the capacity they have.
Dai Liyanage
(former DRINK member) said that en expansion of the mayor airports in the
south-east is not possible for seven years. In the coalition agreement the governement said it would cancel or refuse plans for additional runway at Heathrow, Gatwick ad Stansted He believes that a long term
solution on the estuary of the Thames is the best solution. This solution will
also provide jobs for the many unemployed young people living in the Medway.
Opinion:
Opinion:
Either way there
needs to be some way of an expansion. Every
option has its pros and cons. Creating new jobs for young people is a very
strong argument for me to go with the plans for an airport on the estuary of
the Thames. Government has already made it difficult to expand the big airports
around London that is why I believe the Estuary airport will be the best thing in the long run.
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