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Representation by Dave Holland

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

I am strongly of the belief, with the right investment, Manston should be reopened as an airport.i work for the East Kent College Group which is the amalgamation of Thanet, Dover, Canterbury, Folkestone and Shelly Colleges. Prior to that, I was an executive governor for a cluster of primary schools here in Thanet. I know first hand the depravation this area faces. I was appalled to learn there were children in year 6 who had, despite living in Thanet their whole lives, had never felt sand between their toes. The potential in these children is huge and given the right opportunities, those that a revitalised airport, will bring.