Tarn Spotter
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- Nov 5, 2012
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Any plans to knock down and rebuild with a new bigger terminal would be the end of the airport. Any plans to double passengers numbers in the next decade also likely to fail.
The airport is slap bang in the middle of a major residential conurbation, the last place for a an airport of this size.
The air quality from the road traffic already higher then permitted levels, which the local authority turn a blind eye to at the moment.
Present then with plans for a major expansion, with increased traffic etc there is no way it would get planning permission, especially as the local MP a Lib Dem who have climate change tattooed on their foreheads.
There is an acceptance of the airport locally in its present format, however, major changes without concessions will not see the light of day.
I accept the above thread is tongue in cheek, but if Yorkshire wants this airport format, its not going to be at LBA.
Moving the landing point 300 mts may well be highly advantages for the airport, but that's only one side of the equation, you need to reassure the local residents what your going to do with the additional traffic if this increases the number of flights, as congestion is already unacceptable and air pollution from traffic off the scale, never mind additional aircraft noise, even if imaginary.
Someone has told me right or wrong that the new airport car parks don't have electric charging points, yet in 22 years, petrol and diesel cars will be banned from our roads and within 5 years we going to have to insist all local transport arriving at the airport (bus and taxi) is either electric or LPG, yet the local bus company still buying diesel buses.
The airport is slap bang in the middle of a major residential conurbation, the last place for a an airport of this size.
The air quality from the road traffic already higher then permitted levels, which the local authority turn a blind eye to at the moment.
Present then with plans for a major expansion, with increased traffic etc there is no way it would get planning permission, especially as the local MP a Lib Dem who have climate change tattooed on their foreheads.
There is an acceptance of the airport locally in its present format, however, major changes without concessions will not see the light of day.
I accept the above thread is tongue in cheek, but if Yorkshire wants this airport format, its not going to be at LBA.
Moving the landing point 300 mts may well be highly advantages for the airport, but that's only one side of the equation, you need to reassure the local residents what your going to do with the additional traffic if this increases the number of flights, as congestion is already unacceptable and air pollution from traffic off the scale, never mind additional aircraft noise, even if imaginary.
Someone has told me right or wrong that the new airport car parks don't have electric charging points, yet in 22 years, petrol and diesel cars will be banned from our roads and within 5 years we going to have to insist all local transport arriving at the airport (bus and taxi) is either electric or LPG, yet the local bus company still buying diesel buses.