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Old 13th Apr 2011, 14:34
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Romaro
 
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Runway realignment at Booker

Someone mentions above that Wycombe Air Park could get a longer runway as a consequence of establishing the proposed Stadium. Not a chance. In the proposals released to date, they look at two options for the runway - both likely to be shorter in fact than the current runway (more like 650m rather 735m). The most likely would run alongside the M40 and is going to cost around £1.6m to build. To the west the land rises, preventing practical use for a longer strip.

Quite aside from that, the council would only sanction the bare minimum cost to re-build something they have to move to facilitate their dream. There is no way on this planet they would build a more expensive, longer runway as part of this proposal which is on land that they themselves own.

They will be naturally averse to buying any additional peripheral land to eliminate obstacles - all of which the current owners will be sitting on knowing thay hold such land as a ransom strip should anyone be desperate to aquire it to facilitate this project.
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