Policy LS5 - Airport Surface Acces Strategy

This policy statement shows that the two councils have no clear strategy for tackling the added congestion that expanded operations at the airport will cause. What is needed is a more vigorous, proactive strategy that provides for penalties as road traffic increase. The airport should be required to increase car parking charges, introduce drop off charges and offer rail discounts as a means of encouraging rail travel. These penalties and incentives should increase until the road traffic associated with increased operations at the airport have been brought down to capacity of the current road network.

Under no circumstances should the taxpayer be required to fund road widening or new road construction to facilitate a business that sucks so much money and employment out of the UK economy.

Again the airport operators can only abide with this as im sure they will

no thought of surrounding area

It has been demonstrated in the past that SBC as a whole or in part does not entirely understand the way that the airport operates. they seem to be prepared to spend local and government money to facilitate everything that the airport owner wants in the misguided belief that it will bring revenue to the town. The taxpayer should not be expected to fund improvements in infrastructure for what is essentially a private business that pays a little rent into the town's coffers.

Even now the local road infrastructure cannot cope with the additional demands of the airport. Trying to get in and out of the airport retail park is becoming dangerous. The A127 is also running to capacity and the addition of further airport traffic and traffic related to new businesses will simply bring Southend to a standstill.

This policy statement shows that the two councils have no clear strategy for tackling the added congestion that expanded operations at the airport will cause. What is needed is a more vigorous, proactive strategy that provides for penalties as road traffic increase. The airport should be required to increase car parking charges, introduce drop off charges and offer rail discounts as a means of encouraging rail travel. These penalties and incentives should increase until the road traffic associated with increased operations at the airport have been brought down to capacity of the current road network.

Under no circumstances should the taxpayer be required to fund road widening or new road construction to facilitate a business that sucks so much money and employment out of the UK economy

Too little consideration of the other developments in the region both airport and non-airport related (e.g Ironwell Lane/Hall road housing

I SUPPORT THIS. I have nothing to add concerning this particular heading. To leave as 'No Comments' gives the impression that the writer could be a 'Don't Know' and has not got a view either way. Those who do not comment must be assumed to be in favour, however, those who object will not interpret it as such. Who the heck compiled this document?