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Old 26th Feb 2007, 09:59
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At SEN terminal some of you may have picked up the Southend renaissance glossey mag. It cast some light on our recent comments on the airport. Within the regeneration timeline section it refers to'Scope demands,needs and growth potential' to be completed by the end of 2007. It then goes on to 'procure new infrastructure 2008 -2009. Once again this somewhat contradicts that which was recently mentioned under the councils new proposed plans. If as might be deduced that little if anything is going to occur until 2009 then what hope is there for the airport. It finally quotes 1 millin pax by 2016, if that is all then i cannot see who is going to invest monies for such a small return and there is no mention of the 'games' Even the picture at the front of the pubilcation shows an old 707 that left there about 10 years ago. The only plus is the development of an aviation business park which is'already well established', assume that is Argos and PC World. Once again not very positive reading. Finally the council is aking for a 5% increase in CTax and with budgets tight the airport may dissapear of the list all together.
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