Comments on: Airport PR : Finally A Picture

By: Boris Island – There Is A Report, But Where Is It?

Boris Island – There Is A Report, But Where Is It? — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:36:08 +0000

[...] Oakervee’s report into the estuary airport proposed by Boris Johnson’s Deputy Mayor For Policing, failed airline tycoon Kit Malthouse, [...]

By: PA SKOM

PA SKOM — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:36:06 +0000

THE NEWS RE. FORMER FORT ROUGH TOWERS SEALAND AND WINDFARM PROJECT LONDON ARRAY UNDER THE LINK:

Report 1> http://www.king-marduk.de/viewtopic.php?t=109
Report 2> http://www.king-marduk.de/viewtopic.php?t=108

By: LondonUnlocked.org | The Future of Heathrow | Newslinks

LondonUnlocked.org | The Future of Heathrow | Newslinks — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:23:15 +0000

[...] the same question, others think [...]

By: Mark Lee

Mark Lee — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:00:13 +0000

Fortunately Boris does seem to have had the initiative to avoid an international dispute, by keeping the airport well away from the Principality of Sealand...

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:45:03 +0000

I believe territorial waters have moved, but it’s very near Red Sands Fort, which was used for pirate radio.

Most of the Standard commenters still appear to be sockpuppets, morons or both, but the odd sane person slips through:

“Please excuse my ignorance but it was my understanding that the Thames Estuary is bordered by Essex and Kent. If that is the case, and I believe it is, then what on earth is the Mayor of London doing sticking his grubby nose in areas beyond his domain? He knows this ridiculous scheme will probably never get the go ahead and is only pursuing this to gain brownie points from the Londoners currently blighted by aeroplane generated pollution. I think South Essex and North Kent are way over-developed already and it’s about time somewhere else ‘benefited’ from the second-rate and greed-driven type of regeneration that we have had to endure for the past 20 years.”

By: A lighter shade of green? « Confessions of a Political Animal

A lighter shade of green? « Confessions of a Political Animal — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:27:01 +0000

[...] selected journalists. The whole ludicrous scheme has been carefully taken to pieces by Tom at Boris Watch, whose posts someone at City Hall would do well to [...]

By: tommy

tommy — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:13:34 +0000

like i said the other day, its going to be so far out to see it might as well belong to Schipol,

I’ll remind every of another engineer feat, involving megastructures, generating power and Estuaries….its taken years to…well not get off the ground….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Barrage

so in reality considering how long it takes, why is he wasting his time, does he expect to be mayor for the next 25 years whatever it would take to get a project like this remotely feasible.

Ok so if this was proposed in America or \China i would believe it, but even they only undertake this kind of thing when they really have to, and we don’t have to we’re a small island that has existing infrastructure in place that could be improved upon for much much less……errrr third runway at heathrow……..second runway at stansted maybe?

The airline industry have pledged to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% by 2050, so cant they just stop this nonesense

By: Guano

Guano — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:48:12 +0000

We’re talking about pirate radio territory here, aren’t we, outside territorial waters?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:40:21 +0000

One of the reasons that taxi fares outside the Metropolitan Police District are so expensive is that London Taxis are not allowed to ply for hire once they get out there (eg Gatwick – you can take a black cab there (and most drivers will be most grateful!), but they have to come back empty).

To cut a long story short, you’d be able to hire a London cab to get out there, but for the trip back, you would have to use a private hire company – with a totally different charging model.

Unless stage 2 involves a takeover of Kent and Essex Police ;o)

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:11:14 +0000

It’s the positioning thing that makes me call it two airports, really.

The taxi drivers should love it – ‘£140 and an overnight stay to you guv – on expenses, is it?’.