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Representation by Nigel Taylor

Date submitted
24 September 2018
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

I believe a fully operational Manston airport will be of major benefit, not only to the local people of Thanet but to the county of Kent as a whole. The jobs which will be created are critcal to Thanet and the surrounding area. Also, the ability to relieve some of the air traffic from the major airports such as Heathrow is essential to the economy of the whole country. It makes sense to me to use exisisting airport assesets rather than building from scratch. It is relatively easy to build housing pretty much anywhere but not so straight forward to build an airport. In essence, Manston airport already exists and only requires a refit qnd upgrade. This is a far more sensible option than trying to build from scratch.