Representation by Nicola Mulligan
- Date submitted
- 25 October 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The M25, M23 and local roads will become even more congested with Gatwick traffic, particularly as there is only one train line into Gatwick, already at capacity with no plans for expansion and so will not cope with a huge increase in demand Lack of affordable housing and limited scope to build new housing around Gatwick as it is surrounded by AONBs and National Parks. This means workers will have to commute, creating more congestion. There is low unemployment so it is difficult to see how 14,000 new jobs will be filled The Government determined that if any new runway in the South East were to be built it should be at Heathrow, not Gatwick, so why is Gatwick able to apply to build a 2nd runway? Surely the environmental issues take precedence over an airport expansion. We have a climate emergency - isn't that what we should be concentrating on? What is the point of putting people through the misery of ULEZ if Gatwick is allowed to build a second runway, massively increasing air pollution? It makes no sense! Huge increase in aircraft noise