Calls again for Kent airport at Hoo by John Olsen etc
Date added: 29 December, 2010
27.12.2010 .(Financial Times)
Full article at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b15ecb0-11e2-11e0-92d0-00144feabdc0.html#axzz19W49qLcu
They claim recent infrastructure developments – such as the high-speed Channel
tunnel rail link from St Pancras through north Kent and the development of London
Gateway, the deep-sea container port and Europe’s largest logistics park being
built just across the Thames – now make a more compelling case for the airport.
In addition, the scheme would provide a catalyst to unlock the stalled Thames
Gateway regeneration project, bringing thousands of jobs to deprived areas in
north Kent and south Essex.
The group claims the bird populations on the peninsula’s west and north are "meagre"
and that the risk of bird strike is lower than at other locations.
The group also believes the plan is economically viable because the government
already owns much of the land; it would be far cheaper than an island scheme,
which has attracted estimates of £40bn; and one of the sovereign wealth funds
from the Gulf would be keen to fund the scheme on a lease of up to 100 years.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b15ecb0-11e2-11e0-92d0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz19Ubn44cG
** no trace of this group’s existence can be located, nor evidence of anything
it has done
see also
Wanted: Two Miles Of Land Near London. Must Be Flat
24.10.2010 Boris Watch
http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/2010/10/24/wanted-two-miles-of-land-near-london-must-be-flat/
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Posted: Wednesday, December 29th, 2010. Filed in News about Airports.