[jhb] Re: EGBB news
- From: "bones" <bones@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:58:17 -0000
Yep - I doubt they would ever get a second runway approved now. Public
opinion would be against it and the global warming/carbon emissions
lobbyists would have a field day fighting it.
bones
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From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Phil Reynolds
Sent: 09 January 2008 09:22
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: EGBB news
Hi Bones,
Only a handful of movements have used 06/24 in the past few years and
reliable sources tell me that the only reason it wasn't closed earlier
is that the rent on the land was cheaper per square metre for a runway
than a taxiway! Eventually the new apron will swallow up the 24 end of
the runway anyway so it was going to go eventually anyway (pending
planning permission of course!).
This isn't the first planning application, previous ones included a lot
more expansion including a second runway but there has always been a
huge amount of public pressure to curb any such expansion and I think
this is a compromise to try and quell those complaints.
Phil
bones wrote:
> Hopefully 06/24 will live on in FS for some time. <g>
>
> It's a pity it had to close as secondary runways are always useful but
> the report suggests it has hardly been used recently. The plan of the
> runway extension is interesting as I would have thought it would have
> been longer. It's a huge amount of work for such a short addition -
> especially moving the Coventry road..
>
> bones
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Phil Reynolds
> Sent: 08 January 2008 22:35
> To: JHB
> Subject: [jhb] EGBB news
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Two snippets of news regarding EGBB in case anyone is interested.
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> 1) Runway 06/24 has been officially closed, details here:
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> http://www.bhx.co.uk/page.aspx?type=bEyZftSD20U=&id=VmrgiAt2X44=&artic
> le=rds
> D6yHXUNk=
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> 2) The planning application for the runway extension has been
> submitted, including (apart from a longer runway!) a new tower, a road
> tunnel and larger fuel farm, details here:
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> http://www.bhx.co.uk/page.aspx?type=bEyZftSD20U=&id=VmrgiAt2X44=&artic
> le=Ajw
> akwIPA3w=
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> Cheers
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> Phil
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