Representation by Paul Edwards
- Date submitted
- 6 October 2018
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I am strongly in favor of reinstating Manston to a operational airport, To not do so would be a catastrophic mistake. The country as a whole needs the freight capabilities especially in light of Brexit, It could bring much needed relief to other major SE airports to free up passenger capacity with some of the freight burden redistributed to Manston. In the last couple of years there has and is a ongoing exodus from south east London with people relocating to the SE coastal towns these are relatively wealthy people who are very likely to travel abroad and the convenience and congestion relief of a regional airport cannot be understated. The economic benefit that the airport with it current proposals will bring to this historically deprived area would be immense. The vast majority of people in the vicinity of the airport are strongly if favor of its reinstatement. The biggest question is where could you ever possibly build a airport ever again in southern England if Manson was in effect built over with houses?