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Heathrow's 3rd runway
« on: 21 June 2018, 19:48:25 »

Wrong time of year for a winter tyre thread, so I thought this would be a good summer substitute. :o ::) ;D

Should it be built?

Should it be this cheaper £4bn version, which doesn't involve demolishing 100's of houses and costing the official proposed version estimated £30bn?

https://capx.co/heathrows-third-runway-a-sorry-tale-of-bungling-bureaucrats/

Discuss.

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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #1 on: 21 June 2018, 19:51:36 »

Gatwick'second runway will be built and operational before they decide which lane of the A4 to close for construction traffic... ;D
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #2 on: 21 June 2018, 19:56:53 »

No and No.
It is blindingly obvious that a new airport will be required in 50 years or less. Do it now! >:(
Does no-one think of the catastrophic result of a large A/C dropping in central London on approach to 28R. We allow all and sundry to operate into LHR in order that we can operate into their countries. They do not all operate to our standards.
Think on. :-X
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #3 on: 21 June 2018, 20:09:33 »

I'm sure the 15 countries whose airlines are totally banned from EU airspace are all maintained to the highest standards. ::) ::) ::)
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #4 on: 21 June 2018, 20:14:26 »

Haven't seen MedView for a while  ::)
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #5 on: 21 June 2018, 20:24:18 »

Now a few years ago,, some bright spark suggested moving ALL of the air-freight out of Heathrow and moving it to Alconbury, then the nimbys took hold,and that idea was scrapped, would have eased Heathrow a tad. 

UK PLC needs a brand new airport fit for use, including all the necessary road and rail infrastructure.
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #6 on: 21 June 2018, 20:26:40 »

Answer is simple.Level London entirely and have one ginormous airport there and everyone's a winner :y :D :D
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #7 on: 21 June 2018, 20:44:17 »

Now a few years ago,, some bright spark suggested moving ALL of the air-freight out of Heathrow and moving it to Alconbury, then the nimbys took hold,and that idea was scrapped, would have eased Heathrow a tad. 

UK PLC needs a brand new airport fit for use, including all the necessary road and rail infrastructure.
Well, they don't use Stansted for anything useful either... ::)
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #8 on: 21 June 2018, 20:46:04 »


UK PLC needs a brand new airport fit for use, including all the necessary road and rail infrastructure.

Boris Island anyone?  ???  ::)  :y
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #9 on: 21 June 2018, 20:47:16 »

Now with the combined knowledge on oof, regarding, aviation, transport, construction and demolition,, and the impending rise to power of TB, let's get thinking,

I do like baza"s initial plan ;)
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #10 on: 21 June 2018, 20:53:21 »

Answer is simple.Level London entirely and have one ginormous airport there and everyone's a winner :y :D :D

You might as well, there are precious few Londoners there now anyway.  :(

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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #11 on: 21 June 2018, 21:25:53 »

Now a few years ago,, some bright spark suggested moving ALL of the air-freight out of Heathrow and moving it to Alconbury, then the nimbys took hold,and that idea was scrapped, would have eased Heathrow a tad. 

UK PLC needs a brand new airport fit for use, including all the necessary road and rail infrastructure.
Well, they don't use Stansted for anything useful either... ::)

Got enough planes flying in & out of there now. Don't want anymore thankyou.  :P...……...other than that, they can build runways anywhere they want. I couldn't give a monkeys.  :D
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #12 on: 21 June 2018, 21:29:08 »

Now a few years ago,, some bright spark suggested moving ALL of the air-freight out of Heathrow and moving it to Alconbury, then the nimbys took hold,and that idea was scrapped, would have eased Heathrow a tad. 

UK PLC needs a brand new airport fit for use, including all the necessary road and rail infrastructure.
Well, they don't use Stansted for anything useful either... ::)

Got enough planes flying in & out of there now. Don't want anymore thankyou.  :P...……...other than that, they can build runways anywhere they want. I couldn't give a monkeys.  :D
Me neither.... as long as they don't want any restricted airspace around them. ;)
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #13 on: 21 June 2018, 21:31:29 »

Could always level Sarfend* and turn the whole thing into an airport, rather than the little one they have now.

* The town they forgot to close down according to Morrisey.  :D
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Re: Heathrow's 3rd runway
« Reply #14 on: 21 June 2018, 22:17:23 »

The problem is that Britain lacks visionaries. We just have sticking plasterers. Not enough motorways convert the hard shoulder into a fourth lane. Traffic jams make the motorways smart and slow at 50 mph. ( taking after making a supersonic plane and then reverting to slower planes)

Need double the airports capacity? Build just one more runway.

There would be plenty of investment money for the right ideas .
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