Stansted Expansion
Discussion
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I live near Stansted and always thought it should be expanded. The last proposals were beaten by a very loud & well organised minority IMO.
I live near Stansted and always thought it should be expanded. The last proposals were beaten by a very loud & well organised minority IMO.
ShredderXLE]ad company said:
I live near Stansted and always thought it should be expanded. [quote]
I live near Stansted too and use the airport three or four times a year, not really sure why it ever needed expanding as its never that busy (apart from the arrivals passport control area which just seems to be understaffed and poorly laid out)
We need more airport capacity in the London area or more business will be lost to Amsterdam and other hubs. It doesn't have to be Stansted but I think it is much better than the alternatives. Think about it there is space for an additional runway and the motorway and rail links already exist although they would need to be upgraded. Also Stansted works much better than Heathrow or Gatwick for the City of London.I live near Stansted too and use the airport three or four times a year, not really sure why it ever needed expanding as its never that busy (apart from the arrivals passport control area which just seems to be understaffed and poorly laid out)
Murph7355 said:
Are there studies to note business is going to Amsterdam because people cannot get flights to London?
Main industry in The City is Finance. Do we believe London's preeminence in that sector is being lost to Amsterdam and "the other hubs" as a result of lack of flights? (Genuine questions, I don't know the answer but can guess).
Also, I believe the M11 (goes nowhere North especially) would need widening. And I doubt the train was spec'd with a 24hr hub in mind.
I see no point in having lots of part used airports dotted around. And less point closing perfectly good airports to focus everything on one hub.
Fill the flights more effectively at the current airports. For less well used routes, cancel them or spread that load elsewhere to take up capacity at the other airports around the country.
Cheib - where are all these additional visitors going to go to east down the A120?
Read this - http://www.london.gov.uk/increasing-londons-airpor...Main industry in The City is Finance. Do we believe London's preeminence in that sector is being lost to Amsterdam and "the other hubs" as a result of lack of flights? (Genuine questions, I don't know the answer but can guess).
Also, I believe the M11 (goes nowhere North especially) would need widening. And I doubt the train was spec'd with a 24hr hub in mind.
I see no point in having lots of part used airports dotted around. And less point closing perfectly good airports to focus everything on one hub.
Fill the flights more effectively at the current airports. For less well used routes, cancel them or spread that load elsewhere to take up capacity at the other airports around the country.
Cheib - where are all these additional visitors going to go to east down the A120?
Steameh said:
My local airport (Doncaster, which is about 3 miles away) has a frikkin huge runway (nearly 3km) but no one flies in to it, the only destination choices are some offered by Thomson and Poland.
Hugely frustrating really, would be perfect for trans-atlantic flights, great onward transport links too (on the East coast mainline, 1 hr 30 mins to London by train) and on the M1, A1 and M62.
At the moment though, it's just wasted potential because everything happens in London, and no one thinks about the North of the country.
I wonder how many Americans for example have heard of Doncaster? I know it's frustrating but it has to be London.Hugely frustrating really, would be perfect for trans-atlantic flights, great onward transport links too (on the East coast mainline, 1 hr 30 mins to London by train) and on the M1, A1 and M62.
At the moment though, it's just wasted potential because everything happens in London, and no one thinks about the North of the country.
Seight_Returns said:
I have some relatives who live near Stansted who were very involved in the anti-expansion lobby thew last time a 2nd runway was proposed - unashamebly from a NIMBY perspective.
There was a widely beleived rumour amongst the NIMBY's that when Stanstead was re-deveoploed from an abandoned milirary facility into a commercial airport, it was developed to a much larger scale than is currently used including the construction of a second runway and associated taxiways/aprons etc - much of which was immediatly grassed over and never used but with a view to being able to expand the capacity "just" by clearing the turfed over concrete.
Seems a bit far fetched to me, but wondered if there's any truth to it.
I have never heard that one before. I just hope that the NIMBYS do not win.There was a widely beleived rumour amongst the NIMBY's that when Stanstead was re-deveoploed from an abandoned milirary facility into a commercial airport, it was developed to a much larger scale than is currently used including the construction of a second runway and associated taxiways/aprons etc - much of which was immediatly grassed over and never used but with a view to being able to expand the capacity "just" by clearing the turfed over concrete.
Seems a bit far fetched to me, but wondered if there's any truth to it.
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