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Here is a section of the recently released KCC AVIATION PLAN..something new for them. Cant reproduce it all here but here are the aims...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In Bold Steps for Aviation Kent County Council proposes how the UK can meet its aviation needs through the connection of Gatwick and Heathrow with an airside high speed rail link; better use of Manston and Lydd Airports and other regional airports, including London City, Southend, Stansted, Luton, Southampton and Birmingham; and improved connections of these regional airports with London.
In doing so it recommends:
1. The construction of an airside high speed rail link connecting Gatwick and Heathrow.
2. Improved rail connectivity of other regional airports (Manston, Lydd, London City, Southend, Stansted, Luton, Southampton and Birmingham) with London, Gatwick and Heathrow.
3. Further development of Manston Airport, other existing regional airports in the South East (Lydd, London City, Southend, Stansted, Luton and Southampton) and those with good connections to London (Birmingham).
4. Capacity growth at Gatwick through the addition of a second runway after 2019.
5. Any proposals for a Thames Estuary airport are not progressed any further.
6. No action is not an option but action to address capacity issues must been taken quickly; rather than depending on an estuary airport that will take years to develop and may not even succeed, better use of our existing hub and regional airports NOW will ensure that the UK retains its premier position as a hub airport.
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If we get anything through from Laura Sandys will get it up...was chatting yesterday myself and wondering what her view might be on this.