Medway Council’s principal interest in the current aviation debate centres around proposals to build an airport in the Thames Estuary, proposals which follow a long line of similar proposals over the past sixty years to build an estuarine airport, all of which have been abandoned.
We believe that it is essential that the Government’s aviation strategy must be based on practicality, affordability and common sense. We accept that to remain internationally competitive, the UK n...
Medway Council’s case against a Thames Estuary airport
Beauty or the Beast? Medway artists give their verdict on Thames Estuary Airport
A series of stunning images will starkly set out the devastating impact a huge hub airport could have on Medway and wider Kent.
A group of nine artists have put together an eye-catching exhibition, called Beauty or the Beast, which shows the damage they believe a Thames Estuary airport would cause.
The exhibition starts on Saturday, 31 March and will include work from artists Martin Booth, Karl Farrer, Jim Hill, Tina Lawlor Mottram, Stuart Ody, Pete...
Response from Secretary of State for Transport to request for urgent meeting
Read the letter sent by the Secretary of State for Transport, Justine Greening on 3 March 2012. The letter came in response to a request by leaders of all parties on Medway Council for an urgent meeting to discuss concerns about recent media reports on proposals for an airport in the Thames Estuary area....
Open letter calls for urgent meeting with Secretary of State over Thames estuary airport
An urgent meeting has today (Wednesday, 18 January 2012) been called for with Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for the Department of Transport, and representatives of Medway Council following news that the government may consult on building a Thames estuary airport in March.
An open letter has been sent, which calls on the minister to meet with the four group leaders of Medway Council as a matter of urgency so that they can put forward representations against the airport s...
Email the Mayor of London your views on the Thames estuary airport
Opponents of the Mayor of London’s proposal to build an airport on the Thames Estuary can now make their feelings known directly to him.
Boris Johnson has put forward a plan to build a huge hub airport costing up to £70billion on a man-made island off the Kent coast.
And he has also given his backing to two other proposals to build airports on the Hoo Peninsula.
Since the mayor announced his airport aim, Medway Council has campaigned against it wit...
Statement on Lord Foster’s Thames Estuary Airport announcement
Following Lord Foster’s announcement today (set for release at 6.00 am on 2 November 2011) on his proposals to build an airport on the Isle of Grain, Medway Council has today stated that this is one of the worst places for anyone to build a new airport.
Not only is it on the wrong side of London, with the capital in the way for most UK air travelers, but also plans released by the architect appear to place it on top of Europe’s largest Liquefied Natural Gas containers, where 2...
Most people in the UK against a Thames Estuary airport
More than three quarters of people across the UK (76 per cent) do not believe London needs a new airport in the Thames Estuary, according to an ICM poll on the controversial issue.
Boris Johnson wants to close Heathrow and build a huge new £70billion hub airport on a man made island off the north Kent coast.
But a survey, carried out for Medway Council, shows that the Mayor of London is flying in the face of public opinion.
Eighty one per cent of peo...
Medway welcomes Virgin Atlantic’s comments on Thames Estuary airport
Medway Council have welcomed the view of Virgin Atlantic’s Chief Executive that an airport in the Thames Estuary is economically misguided and impossible to build.
The comments – made by Steve Ridgway in an interview in today’s Financial Times(Monday, 24 Janaury 2011) – are the most critical by an airline head since London mayor Boris Johnson launched a report calling for a new four-runway hub airport in the south east last week.
The mayor has ardently campa...
Mayor of London must ‘make clear where he stands’ on Thames Estuary airport
The leader of Medway Council in Kent has called on the Mayor of London to ‘make clear where he stands’ on the Thames Estuary airport.
The mayor has campaigned for more than two years for a new £40billion hub airport on a man-made island off the Kent and Essex coast.
But his scheme has been repeatedly rejected by the government, and the aviation industry.
This morning (Tuesday, 18 February) the mayor held a seminar to discuss the economic need for...
Council calls on Mayor of London to put an end to Thames Estuary airport plan
The leader of Medway Council in Kent has called on the Mayor of London to shelve once and for all his plan for a Thames Estuary airport and stop ‘wasting public money’ on his doomed project.
The mayor has campaigned for more than two years for a new £40billion hub airport on a man-made island off the Kent and Essex coast.
But his scheme has been repeatedly rejected by the government, and the aviation industry.
Now the mayor is today (Tuesday, 18 ...