New anti-expansion campaign website
22.03.09
A local opponent to the expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport has set up a website (www.airportmadness.co.uk) to help neighbours object to the scheme. Giles Walker, from Yeadon, says the area is being spoilt by pollution and congestion casued by the airport, and that the problems will get much worse if the expansion plans are approved.
Leeds Bradford Airport has submitted plans for a £28m redevelopment of its passenger terminal, which they say will transform the site and help prepare tit for the next decade of air travel. The development is part of a £70m package of improvements over the next 5 years, however, the airport has said that the expansion would be within the airport's current boundaries and that they were not seeking a runway extension.
Mr Walker has launched the website to give advice on opposing the application. He said: ‘As a Yeadon resident I am outraged at these plans to double the size of the airport without any attempt to significantly improve the infrastructure.’ He points out that the planning application itself predicts passenger numbers would rise from 2.99 million to 5 million by 2012.
He adds: ‘Because there is no rail link and the buses are not reliable, 90% of passengers arrive by car. That’s 7.1 million extra cars on the roads of Yeadon each year.’ Mr Walker said it had not been disclosed how many extra flights were planned, but Friends of the Earth predicts 70,000 per year.
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