DR OK, I'll settle for "dip" rather than valley
Plateau would probably be a better description Dave. It, according to your quoted report would have been 30ft lower and horizontal, (quite a good thing for a runway).
DR Nor can I find any reference in the proposal to the NNE/SSW alignment being "indicative only", but assuming you're correct and I need a visit to Specsavers,
I am, you do.
DR I still fail to see how tweaking the orientation slightly can produce a pair of runways that don't each cross at least half a dozen contour lines.
And what did your quoted report say about this option? I assume you've read it. The 'practicalities' for that option and how they were going to be addressed/managed was clearly explained at the roadshows, do you not remember?
I'm guessing you've not been involved a great deal in the hilarious and jovial pastime of airport planning/development, airport environmental issues and the consultations thereof. Am I right?
runway08not to mention its Hertfordshire and not Bedfordshire
Starter for ten, HCC is ....