Bod said the same on 5livr debate this morning. The reposte from the Southerner. "Birmingham doesn't warrant it as there's only 16 million passengers go through it a year"Just looked on a map and the line runs about a mile to the east of the airport. What a ridiculous waste of an opportunity to finally start integrating the country's transport infrastructure.
The irony being that it's southerners that have held it up for so long. There's loads of space around Birmingham Airport and good existing transport links even before HS2.They could create a massive airport that serves the whole country if they really wanted to, but I guess that would mean diverting money and jobs away from London. And we obviously can't be having that.Bod said the same on 5livr debate this morning. The reposte from the Southerner. "Birmingham doesn't warrant it as there's only 16 million passengers go through it a year"
Surely building the new runway there would treble that easily? As you say the transport infrastructure is there for fast getaways.
Aren't all runways black and white?Its all in black and white
There's going to be a catch somewhere as Howard Davies, who recommended the third runway, is a big blue.great news for rags.
The irony being that it's southerners that have held it up for so long. There's loads of space around Birmingham Airport and good existing transport links even before HS2.They could create a massive airport that serves the whole country if they really wanted to, but I guess that would mean diverting money and jobs away from London. And we obviously can't be having that.
Or move it all to Gatwick, which has equally good road and rail links to London and the rest of the country.Me too. They are claiming expansion due to freight....wouldn't it make more sense to put freight in the middle of the country?...
The irony being that it's southerners that have held it up for so long. There's loads of space around Birmingham Airport and good existing transport links even before HS2.They could create a massive airport that serves the whole country if they really wanted to, but I guess that would mean diverting money and jobs away from London. And we obviously can't be having that.
When moving freight to the rest of the country , why not start in the middle?...like a hub.Or move it all to Gatwick, which has equally good road and rail links to London and the rest of the country.
When moving freight to the rest of the country , why not start in the middle?...like a hub.
Yup. expand that then. and bounce HS2 thru it while wer'e there...They do this already,with freight on planes,all mainly done at East Midlands Airport
The new runway looks shorter than the existing ones. That would suggest that it will be used more for smaller aircraft, freeing up the existing runways for bigger long haul aircraft from more destinations.But why just one new runway? Surely if you're looking to future-proof it then you really need two. One for take off and one for landing.
The irony being that it's southerners that have held it up for so long. There's loads of space around Birmingham Airport and good existing transport links even before HS2.They could create a massive airport that serves the whole country if they really wanted to, but I guess that would mean diverting money and jobs away from London. And we obviously can't be having that.
Zack Goldsmith, doesn't need to work so why bother .See some silly MP has resigned over it. Tit.
Lets face it, if you want to fly to London you don't fly to Birmingham and you certainly won't be paying £25+ for a train to London as well no matter how fast it is. At no point have I wanted to fly to Los Angeles and flown to San Francisco and then jumped on a train, the same goes for any other major city in the world. Nice has a good train link with Paris but you wouldn't fly there and then jump on the train if you wanted to go to Paris.
The only clear choice is to build a new runway, it is the cheapest choice and really the only one that makes logical sense. Anyone saying otherwise is missing the fact that it is the largest airport in Europe operating at 99% capacity, it is just a total no brainer.
The Americans usually have it right on things like this, they just build 4+ runways and get it sorted. We are the only ones who can hold up major infrastructure builds because of the effect on birds or a load of stupid idiots who decided it was a good idea to move next to an airport and complain about noise.