Submitted on Saturday 7th March 2020
Rejected on Friday 13th March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Investigate Southend Airport pollution controls and taxiway use.
Make it illegal for Southend Airport to use Charlie taxiway to hold planes with engines running next to residental property.
Make it a legal requirement to use electric trucks to pull the planes to the runway instead.
The Govt to employ an independent body to assess pollution at Charlie taxiway
Having planes sat with their engines running a few metres from residential properties is detrimental to everyone's health.
Planes are known to emit far more pollution per person than any other form of transport.
Idling for prolonged periods of time is emitting damaging particles into the air unnecessarily.
Electric trucks should be used to pull the planes to the runway.
Southend Airport self regulate and record them on a 16 hr average which doesn't show the true picture of the damage.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Local authorities are responsible for local air quality, so investigating Southend Airport is not a matter for Government or Parliament.
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