Uploaded by easterangel1 on Nov 21, 2008
Boris Island Airport Kent TV
The RSPB and Friends of the North Kent Marshes are wholly opposed to the construction of an airport anywhere in the Thames Estuary because of the immense damage it would cause to the areas internationally important wildlife and the wider environment.
The whole issue was exhaustively investigated between 2002 and 2005 in the Governments Aviation White Paper. All the key players, including the aviation industry, contributed. The idea of an airport in the Thames Estuary was conclusively ruled out and upheld by the High Court. In addition to the unprecedented environmental damage and the resulting massive legal implications, the investigation found that an estuary airport did not make sense economically, would not meet the requirements of the aviation industry and presented a significantly higher risk of bird strike than at any other major airport in the UK.
Recent statements by London Mayor, Boris Johnson, suggesting that he would like an estuary airport, do nothing to alter any of these findings. The threats and the risks remain the same. An airport in the Thames Estuary is a complete non-starter ecologically, environmentally and economically, and to talk about it is to waste everyones time.
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Totally bonkers, I am an Bird Control Officer at an International airport this type of proposal is highly dangerous. Airports currently object to wetland creation and any development that is likley attract birds with a minimum13km Zone around the Airport.
Sorry Boris your'e off your Rocker old Chap!
landroversrs1 2 years ago
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Update
Thames Estuary Airport Steering Group are entering 'Muddy Waters' says RSPB blog
easterangel1 2 years ago