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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 13:50:31 GMT
From: "Iain Wilson" (iain@paloma.co.uk)
Subject: SchNEWS 283, Friday 17th November, 2000
URL: http://www.schnews.org.uk

new UK airports planned

Runaway Runway Profits

Not only is air travel bad for the environment - so are airports. Airports cause loads of noise and traffic and result in vast development in the surrounding area. But the cost of air travel has fallen over the past ten years and the resulting industry boom has created a rush to build more airport capacity. As well as plans to build a fifth terminal at Heathrow and a new runway at Manchester, construction is planned at 19 other sites around the country. New international airports are in the pipeline at well known business and tourist hubs like, er, Doncaster and Ramsgate, as well as expansion of Farnborough Airport. The Farnborough expansion threatens the Thames Basin Heath Special Protection Area and will clear 82 acres of trees.


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