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London Southend Airport & Environs Joint Area Action Plan Issues & Options Paper
Representation ID: 1428
Received: 25/07/2008
Respondent: Go-East
The JAAP document explains that current airport re-development is in progress and that this will theoretically enable up to 1 million passengers per annum to use the airport by 2012 to 2015. This is around 30 times greater than the number of passengers who passed through the airport in 2006. Whilst analysis also suggests that the airport could reach a maximum, albeit highly optimistic capacity of 2 million passengers per annum by 2030 based on the existing restricted runway length, does the JAAP plan area even have the 'environmental capacity' to accommodate this level of growth?
The JAAP document explains that current airport re-development is in progress and that this will theoretically enable up to 1 million passengers per annum to use the airport by 2012 to 2015. This is around 30 times greater than the number of passengers who passed through the airport in 2006. Whilst analysis also suggests that the airport could reach a maximum, albeit highly optimistic capacity of 2 million passengers per annum by 2030 based on the existing restricted runway length, does the JAAP plan area even have the 'environmental capacity' to accommodate this level of growth?