Submitted on Thursday 2nd February 2017
Published on Wednesday 15th February 2017
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Signatures: 26
Make Manston airport UK air freight port, Gatwick & Heathrow passenger airports
The former Manston RAF airstrip has an existing runway capable of use by largest air freight planes. Thanet has good infrastructure, close to ports of Dover & Ramsgate. Transferring all air freight to Manston would eliminate need for third runway at Gatwick or Heathrow & improve air quality .
Surrounded on 2 sides by sea & closer to Europe and China than Gatwick or Heathrow. Air freight at Manston would reduce the millions of freight lorries passing through the port of Dover where infrastructure is very poor. Encourage development at the ports of Ramsgate and Tilbury make a new Thames crossing more financially viable
Reduce high air pollution levels in Dover & Southeast
The population of Thanet & UKIP led council want an airport at Manston and need the employment opportunity.
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