Thames Estuary airport consultation announced

20 January 2012

Alex King, Deputy Leader of Kent County Council said: 

"Kent County Council is very pleased that there will be a consultation on the proposed Thames Estuary airport to give everybody interested, an opportunity to have their say on record and to put an end to speculation. 

"We are still against the building of a new airport in Kent or Medway. Building a new airport on land or sea in the Thames Estuary will cause significant environment problems, and the case has not been proven that this is the correct solution to the issue. 

"We believe that serious consideration also needs to be given to the short and medium term solutions. The building of a new airport will take at least a few years to come to fruitition. Increasing the use of Manston airport could help the government's initiative to boost airport capacity in the South East in the short term."