Total unemployment in the Crawley area is less than 2%. Within a 5 mile radius there are more vacant positions than unemployed! Where will all the 40k workers come from if the new runway is approved? If it's not from Crawley it will put a big strain on the road/rail services, even without double the number of passengers! There is limited scope for improvements to the London/Brighton railway, the M23 peters out just north of the M25 interchange.Traffic is congested in many areas even without further development. There is limited passenger growth south of the M25, so many of the new passengers will have to drive past LHR to get to LGW to get their flights! At least LHR has growth potential in the transport infrastructure, it has the Paddington link, Cross-Rail opening in 2018 plus the M3 M4 M25 M40 and a host of A roads. LHR is the choice of the majority of the world's airlines. LGW is awfully quiet in the afternoon now, let alone if( god forbid) it gets another runway. A bit like STN really.
