OK, for the last time ...
How do you calculate the cost of court cases / compensation for:
- All the 'blue collar' workers who cannot move their families across the city (and should not be asked to do so. Social cohesion does mean something)
- Quote Wikipedia: "The airport sustains 76,600 jobs directly and around 116,000 indirectly in the immediate area"
- All the companies along the M4 corridor (100+ miles) that have based themselves there BECAUSE of LHR
- All the houses in the North West / West / South West of London and Berkshire (et al) that have suddenly depreciated in value.
- All the residents of those houses who use LHR frequently and would find themselves on the wrong side of London for the airport. But what if their company moved elsewhere (UK/afield)?
- All the other airlines forced to move, would charge and/or sue for every single penny of their relocation costs. Start with BA and then add VS and EVERY other carrier - Wikipedia says "over 90 carriers"
That's before you start to build the island AND move the Gas Storage facility etc.
Oh yes, and how do you prevent the extreme profiteering on property/land in that new area?