You know, as well as the whole (largely fictitious!) 'catchment area' thing this really cheeses me off. Why is it that LBA and DSA are 'hard to get to because of road connections and MAN isn't? DSA hard to get to? Rubbish! LBA difficult to get to RUBBISH - and if you anticipate congestion in Leeds Centre there's another way round the top of Leeds that all the taxi drivers use and is no problem at all ... now let me think ...MAN??? With all those motorways should be easy right? But guess where's the only airport in the North that I've been stuck fretting in a traffic jam- you'll only need one!
LBA doesn't desparately need nor does its future depend on a new road link. That is just a smoke screen put up by opponents!