Originally Posted by
Herod
Ancient Geek. Probably the best "blue sky" thinking I've seen for a long time. In any other country we could go from your idea to fully functioning, inc. the rail and road links in 10 years. Being Britain, in 10 years the leaders will still be waiting to make a decision.
Also consider the simplification of the current ATC congestion in the southeast, this is a serious problem which will not go away with extra runways and can only become worse.