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Originally Posted by Manston Airport
Where abouts do you mean for a new terminal on the northern part of the airport  where the 747's are normal parked?
james |
The proposed A338 link would come in pretty much at the closest point between the A338 and the airport - i.e. along the line of the existing (single-lane!) access road at 'Rivergate' onto the NE business park.
That would effectively open up the whole north side of the airport to business use (as the road would include a link around the N end of the big taxiway across to the NW business park). However, in addition to the large tenants BASCO and FR on the NE sector there are a lot of smaller sites, e.g. flying club plus some light aircraft businesses. I assume that this is the area that the council are talking about as a site for a potential new terminal.
The more you think about it the crazier it is. To move out of the existing site would create a 'white elephant' that would be unlikely to be used for any other purpose. Once the link road is in the Southern Sector becomes the hardest part of the airport to get to!