Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
But Manchester is just down the road and already has all the things you are looking to replicate at huge cost at Church Fenton apart from not being in Yorkshire?
MAN is not just down the road for millions of Yorkshire people and travelling over the pennines on the M62 is not the nicest prospect for many (especially in winter). Why are you worried about the cost? Church Fenton would in no time at all generate millions of pounds for the region.
In Leeds we used to have to travel to Sheffield, Newcastle and Manchester etc to use an arena. Eventually we managed to get one. Was it costly? - yes. Is it now a success? - yes. Is it helping to put Leeds on the map? - yes. Is it generating wealth and jobs for region? - yes. Is it stopping 1000s of west Yorkshire people clogging up the motorways? - yes.
As I've stated the region has a bigger population than Scotland and therefore it is not asking the world to have an airport that actually works. An airport at Church Fenton would be a huge bonus to the people of the North East but obviously you're more concerned about the affect it would have on woolsington.