Originally Posted by
shamrock7seal
Look at BRS with 8/9m. BOH & SOU have the same catchment size and population as BRS. Between BOH and SOU they should be at least 6m combined by now.
Bristol is projecting 10 mppa by 2021 and 12 mppa by 2025 with 20 mppa the target by the early 2040s. So yes, you make a valid point about the SOU/BOH catchment.
BRS's runway at 2011 metres is not that much longer than SOU's, and BRS has no plans to extend it in the current round of consultations re the preparation of its new master plan. One major difference between SOU and BOH is likely to be in the actions of the BRS owners (and ownership has varied in the past 20 years). Since BRS was part privatised in 1997 and fully privatised in 2001 its various owners have spent well over £300 million on infrastructure expansion with much more planned both imminently and in the near future.