Indeed they are and "strategically" Man Airport should be at the centre of all transport strategies. They are inseparable.
Regards funding and "this may come as a bolt from the blue" but it is the Treasury that holds the purse strings.
Tfn simply put forward the wishlist.
Although very welcome, the glacial speed of consent re A6 has been an agony, plus im not sure it will relieve pressure between Airport City South (warehouses ) and the M56 link ?