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Old 12th Jun 2012, 23:51
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Rivet Joint
 
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I really hope this whole concept fades away. LHR is one of the most desirable airports in the world that airlines want and will continue to fly to regardless of how many pointless alternatives are created. Millions of private sector money has been ploughed in and BAA are proving not to rest on their laurels in terms of updating terminals, infrastructure etc yet the runways are at capacity. Are we really as a country going to throw all that to waste, ignore countless independent research proving that we stand to lose £8.5bn and embark on a massively complicated and long winded jolly to create an airport on a river bank all because of some nimby's?

If this was any other country in the world nevermind Europe the 3rd runway at LHR would be being paved as we speak day and night! Instead we have a nasty piece of work masquerading as a harmless buffoon coming to the conclusion Tracey Island is the solution to our problems
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