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Representation by Rowena Weston

Date submitted
7 October 2018
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

Creation of jobs, both highly skilled and unskilled in a financially depressed area where a number of skilled manufacturing jobs have been lost to date.

Preservation of a first class runway, one of the longest in the uk, nothwithstanding the south east is short of runway capacity.

Prime opportunity to move freight out of Heathrow and Gatwick therefore freeing up vital slots at both major airports.

Manston has proved that cargo aircraft can be turned around very quickly.