Hugh says NO to Cliffe Airport

KENT MP AGAIN REJECTS CLIFFE AIRPORT OPTION

Hugh Robertson has again rejected the option of a hub airport for the South East at Cliffe Marshes, Kent. The rejection came as part of the MP's response to the government's White Paper on the future of Air Transport.

Hugh Robertson said: "Cliffe is a totally unsuitable site for a new airport. The infrastructure costs would be massive and the environmental damage to a particularly sensitive area would be enormous.

I totally reject Cliffe as an option."

The government's White Paper on Air Transport had to be resubmitted following the decision in the High Court to include Gatwick as an option for expansion. It now joins Heathrow, Stansted, Luton, Cliffe as a possible site for a South East Hub airport.