to satisfy HM Treasury Business Case guidelines including the Commercial Case, Strategic Case, Economic Case, Financial Case and Management Case.
Interesting stuff. If the council are forced to answer the questions it should make for interesting answers.
Looking back on old posts brings up the following points (sorry Manx):
Up front costs of existing service to the council. £0
Up front costs of Dart service to the council £243m
Running costs of existing service to the council £0
Running costs of Dart service to the council £££
Terminal capacity of Luton Airport without Dart service. 18m passengers.
Terminal capacity of Luton Airport with Dart service. 18m passengers.
Average existing travel time. 6 minutes
Average published Dart travel time. 5 minutes
Cost per second for each second saved. £4m
Reasons to build. To help DCO application. Could be needed one day subject to DCO approval so worth a gamble it will be approved. To remove building costs burden for the new airport operator for the first stage to the existing terminal if a second terminal was approved. To improve passenger perceptions before arriving at overcrowded terminal which could lead to a zero passenger gain based on 2019 passenger levels.
I can see the reluctance of answering the FoIR. I am sure there are positive reasons to build including our excitement here but would it meet HM Treasury requirements?