Mayor considers Hoo peninsula in Kent as Thames Estuary airport option
of several options being considered by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. (map showing location of Hoo)
Heathrow.
capacity was found for London to remain one of the leading world cities.
being considered by the government for airport expansion in the South East.
airport expansion plans.
the British former head of Cathay Pacific.
it is an important breeding ground for birds such as avocets, marsh harriers,
Mediterranean gulls and little terns.
a debate about the best way to increase airport capacity in and around London
and every extra contribution to that discussion is welcome.
review that will certainly take Mr Olsen’s proposal into account.
extra runway capacity is found for London to remain one of the leading world cities.”
the proposal as “absolute madness”.
numerous reports to look at how we coped with the expansion of air demand in the
South East,” he said.
out on Cliffe.
threat that it would give to the safety of passengers through bird strike and
so on, makes it a very dangerous plan to proceed with.”
the only practical solution to expanding our hub airport… to accommodate the
demands of both business and pleasure aviation requirements in the future”.
scheme, for a massive 5 runway airport on recaimed land. It would have serious
consequences for wildlife and ruin irreplaceable habitat for migrating birds.
Suitable substitute areas are not available for them. People in north Kent are
very worried about the dreadful prospect of a mega-airport on their doorstep,
so Medway Council and Kent County Council have started a campaign to get opposition
to any plans to build this monster. It is not a matter of either expanding Heathrow,
or having Boris Island, or indeed having any other runways at London airports.
They should all be opposed, strenuously.
scheme, for a massive 5 runway airport on recaimed land. It would have serious consequences for wildlife and ruin irreplaceable habitat for migrating birds. Suitable substitute areas are not available for them. People in north Kent are very worried about the dreadful prospect of a mega-airport on their doorstep, so Medway Council and Kent County Council have started a campaign to get opposition to any plans to build this monster. It is not a matter of either expanding Heathrow, or having Boris Island, or indeed having any other runways at London airports. They should all be opposed, strenuously. |
campaign opposing a planned £40bn airport in the Thames estuary.
the Essex and Kent coasts.
would “devastate the environment”.
for the campaign.
Members of Parliament, it is a good opportunity to seek even more support than
we already have in our campaign.
by an estuary airport to encourage them to join me in opposing this pie-in-the-sky
scheme.”
protected sites that were used by hundreds of thousands of migrating birds, he
added.
runway capacity” is vital and regards “Boris Island airport” – as the Thames estuary
plan has become known – as a viable solution.
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airport.