| Topic: | Heathrow v. Gatwick | |
| Posted by: | David Cuss | |
| Date/Time: | 03/02/15 11:23:00 |
| Now that the debate has boiled down to these two, it is easier to make a balanced comparison of pros and cons. Personally I cannot see a single advantage for Heathrow. Maybe there is an long term economic benefit (not clear) but for sure the investment needed at Heathrow is massive compared to Gatwick, and this would be footed by the taxpayer. In all other respects the case for Gatwick would appear to be overwhelming: - Heathrow is already the noisiest airport in Europe and already flies all its planes over central London - A second runway at Gatwick would affect less than 5% of the households affected at Heathrow today - Air around Heathrow already breaches the EU's air quality limit. At Gatwick it never has and it'll still be well within the limit with a second runway - Building a new runway at Gatwick would mean that the extra air traffic was directed over a much less populated area - Expansion at Gatwick would not mean disrupting the M25, the busiest motorway in the UK. Heathrow's proposal would mean putting the busiest section of the M25 into a tunnel or under their third runway - Only 166 homes would need to be demolished at Gatwick - compared to 950 at Heathrow which includes a whole town. More details and an option to sign up your support for Gatwick can be found here: http://www.gatwickobviously.com/environment |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 11:23:00 | David Cuss |
| Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 11:33:00 | Richard Greenhough |
| Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 11:35:00 | Alan Clark |
| Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 11:45:00 | David Cuss |
| Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 11:53:00 | Ken Munn |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 12:02:00 | Julian Pavey |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 12:40:00 | Ken Munn |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 12:03:00 | Carl Wynne |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 12:20:00 | Richard Greenhough |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 12:29:00 | Carl Wynne |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 12:54:00 | Michael Robinson |
| Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 12:38:00 | Richard Greenhough |
| Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 23:44:00 | Thomas Barry |
| Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 12:51:00 | Will Watson |
| Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 13:09:00 | Alan Clark |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 13:25:00 | Jonathan Bingham |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 23:55:00 | Thomas Barry |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 04/02/15 10:20:00 | Jonathan Bingham |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 04/02/15 14:48:00 | Thomas Barry |
| Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 13:15:00 | Rick Sanders |
| Three, not two | 03/02/15 15:29:00 | Thomas Barry |
| Re:Three, not two | 03/02/15 15:47:00 | Richard Greenhough |
| Re:Re:Three, not two | 03/02/15 17:02:00 | Claudia Jachtmann |
| Re:Re:Re:Three, not two | 03/02/15 17:14:00 | Colin Jordan |
| Re:Re:Three, not two | 04/02/15 00:10:00 | Thomas Barry |
| Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 19:15:00 | David Cuss |
| Re:Re:Heathrow v. Gatwick | 03/02/15 22:00:00 | Claudia Jachtmann |