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Representation by Helen Audley

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

I own property in Thanet and have spent much of my life in Kent. The upgrading of the Thanet Way made a huge improvement to journey times to Manston and it seems inconceivable that it should no longer be functioning as an airport.

Congestion on local roads to get to places such as Westwood Cross or the QEQM hospital has got worse and worse. Thanet cannot cope with thousands of extra houses on top of what has already been built.

The airport will provide much needed employment opportunities and will ease the pressure on other airports. Modern planes are much quieter than they used to be so people who are worried about noise should not be allowed to jeopardise the future of a much needed facility. After all, Manson has always been an airport.