Boris Johnson’s Plans for Thames Estuary Airport Slammed as ‘Pie in the Sky’

BORIS JOHNSON’S plans to build a new London airport out in the Thames Estuary have been slammed as “complete pie in the sky” by Medway Council, the authority closest to the proposed development.

Medway have responded to Johnson’s recent feasibility study, which came out in favour of the new hub, to be placed on a man-made island, with a report of its own and it makes for awkward reading for the London Mayor.

“This report shows exactly what we already knew,” said Richard Chambers, leader of Medway Council.

“The Mayor of London’s plans for an estuary airport are complete pie in the sky.”

“His feasibility study has not taken into account so many things such as the distance it would be from London and whether passengers or airlines would actually want this.

“It has ignored the fact that there is a port importing a huge quantity of liquid natural gas every day and has made only a very arbitrary study of the transport links needed.”

So, apart from the 60 miles from central London snag, the lack of airline support and the risk of terrifying explosions, all is well with the plan?

Not quite. There is also the bird problem. The site for the proposed airport is already a favoured resting place for many different migrating bird species and is opposed by the RSPB.

But even from a narrow human point of view, putting an airport near a bid sanctuary is seen as dangerous – Medway’s report estimates that planes would be at 12 times the risk of bird strike than the average.