Sign the Avaaz petition against Nantes airport
Date added: 1 August, 2012
The petition says the Nantes airport project is an economic, social and environmental aberration. Located 18 km from the center of Nantes, it would not solve the problems in the city’s current airport. It would only move them. It would inflict serious nuisance on over 80 000 inhabitants of the municipalities in the northern suburbs of Nantes. Connecting the various structures that it needs (roads, railways, bridge on Loire) would also cause problems (expropriations – compulsory purchase) and nuisance to thousands of others. The colossal cost of this infrastructure would weigh on the taxes of people across the department and result in budget cuts in other areas such as education and health. With traffic of up to 9 million passengers, this airport would significantly increase emissions of greenhouse gases. So we say NO to the airport project of Notre Dame des Landes!
Abandonnez le projet d’Aéroport à Notre-Dame-des-Landes!
1.8.2012 at
Cette pétition doit être validée par la Communauté Avaaz avant publication
Translated roughly into English, this says:
Abandon the proposed airport at Notre-Dame-des-Landes!
The petition:
AIRPORT PROJECT OF NOTRE-DAME-DES-Landes is an economic, social and environmental aberration ! Located 18 km from the center of Nantes, it would not solve the problems in the city’s current airport. It would only move them. It would inflict serious nuisance on over 80 000 inhabitants of the municipalities in the northern suburbs of Nantes. Connecting the various structures that it needs (roads, railways, bridge on Loire) would also cause problems (expropriations – compulsory purchase) and nuisance to thousands of others. The colossal cost of this infrastructure would weigh on the taxes of people across the department and result in budget cuts in other areas such as education and health. With traffic of up to 9 million passengers, this airport would significantly increase emissions of greenhouse gases. So we say NO to the airport project of Notre Dame des Landes!
Sign the petition at
Posted: Wednesday, August 1st, 2012. Filed in News about Airports, Recent News.