It looks like the government is swinging its weight behind the new airport.
George Osborne backs 'Boris Island' airport | Mail Online
The task now, is to make it work properly, instead of it becoming another ill-planned, on-the-cheap, in-the-wrong-place construction (like the M25, the Dartford tunnel, Birmingham airport, Bristol airport, or Luton airport).
Let's do this properly, with proper rail links to Europe and the UK, a terminal double the size required, and a site twice as high above sea-level as the planners recommend.
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