Protest at Lydd Airport expansion-Aug 27th

A new coalition- Keep the Marsh Special Alliance is holding a demo outside the Lydd Airport road entrance on Sat 27th Aug.

We Need Your Support – PROTEST @
Airport Entrance, Romney Rd, (B2075), Sat 27th August, 10.30am onwards.

NOW 5000 Passengers annually
PROPOSED 2,000,000 rising to 6,000,000 p.a.!!!
We face massive traffic congestion, pollution and job losses in our traditional coastal leisure industries…
“Trying to site an international airport next to an internationally important area for birds is just ludicrous.” Chris Corrigan, RSBP S E Regional Director.
JOIN US – fight for the quality of life, for us, for our children, for our countryside, forever.

‘‘KEEP THE MARSH SPECIAL ALLIANCE’
A new coalition: Liberal Democrats, The Green Party, Friends of The Earth and sympathisers, who are united in a common cause to protect Romney Marsh.
Contact: Malcolm Dyer, 01797 361772.

mdyer004@aol.com
www.lyddairport-noexpansion.co.uk

Keep the Marsh Special Alliance

Membership form

Name:……………………………………………….

Address:………………………………………………………….

………………………………… Post Code:……………………

Telephone:…………………….. Email:………………………...

I wish to become a Member (no fee)

I wish to make a donation to campaign costs and
enclose the sum of £… (£3 recommended)

Cheques made payable to “Keep the Marsh Special Alliance.”

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Delivering leaflets locally
Putting up posters
Arranging a fund raising event
Door to door campaigning
Contributing your experience of campaigning etc.

Thank you for joining us in our efforts to put a stop to the huge expansion plans of Lydd London – Ashford Airport.

Let’s plan today for tomorrow.

Contact: Malcolm Dyer, 01797 361772.

mdyer004@aol.com
www.lyddairport-noexpansion.co.uk

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25.08.2005 12:47

"Liberal Democrats, The Green Party, Friends of The Earth "

Hieracical Organisations involved, please delete this post with immediate effect

IMC reader

Unopposed corporates???

25.08.2005 15:13

Oh dear IMC thought police again!

Since there are no NON heirarchical groups in the area*, and for the forseeable future there
isn't likely to be, this is all there is to oppose the expansion plans of Lydd Airport.( The
owner, a Saudi, made his money partly thru arms trading.)

*(Only other 'alternate' groups in Kent that i'm aware of being the SWP/Stopwar lot in Canterbury. Some Respect and CND people and some hunt sabs (also Canterbury way).

Would you rather there were no opposition to the plans?

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I support the expansion of Lydd Airport

26.08.2005 08:30

The expansion of Lydd Airport is vital to relieve airspace and runway congestion in South East England. It will additionally relives congestion on transport links into Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stanstead. By relieving congestion it will lead to greater safety for both air and ground travellers and reduced pollution. It will increase access to air travel throughout all sections of the community in the South East. It will make low cost flights available to those who can not afford to, or who choose not to fly with the 'first division' airlines at LHR and LGW. It will create over 7000 permenant jobs within 10 years.

The safety, environmental and noise performance of aircraft has never been better, and it will continue to improve. Maybe the nimbies opposing this would like to explain how they propose to provide the increased runway and airspace capacity which the South East so badly needs.

Enough already

26.08.2005 11:54

Since manston is already in situ there is no further need for more airports, BUT if
EUJet can't compete then neither would Lydd.

Also airtravel must be curtailed because of Climate Change, the effects of which can be seen in central Europe right now.

pirate

Should air travel be reserved for the rich?

26.08.2005 13:50

There is no evidence linking aviation with climate change, however it is a popular myth amoung those who wish to restrict the right to travel. Used correctly, modern aircraft can be more fuel efficient that motor vehicles eg an A340 on a long distance flight uses 3.4 litres per 100km per passenger. Get that out of single occupancy car use.

If there were no demand for the runway space the expansion of Lydd Airport will create then no one would be willing to fund it. Looking at landing charges for all types of aircraft in South East England clearly demonstrates that the demand is there. Landing charges are a significant part of the cost of running an aircraft, particularly for the low cost carriers.

Low cost aviation is a social inclusion issue as well as a transport issue.

Mi is mad

01.09.2005 19:43

Mi - just admit it, you're an unashamed fan of the aviation industry. From any other point of view, you are talking greenwash nonsense! It's not a question of being a nimby, it's a question of caring about whether there's a future on this planet for our children. There's tonnes of evidence linking aviation with climate change, and tonnes of evidence about the human causes of climate chaos - either believe those in the pay of the oil industry, or the 2,000 scientists from around the world who are part of the UN Panel on Climate Change. Demand for collective suicide doesn't mean it should be encouraged, through no tax on aviation fuel or any other means. There's no social inclusion on a dead planet.

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