Cotty wrote: > In a word, no. Stanstead is a 2 hour drive for me and way > over in a different TV region. The whole Stanstead thing will > be VERY contentious over the coming years. It's a nest of vipers.
Yep. This one is set to run and run... > Problem is, air travel is increasing and there isn't the > capacity in the current system. Gotta build some new runways > somewhere. Nearly all of the increase in air miles is by internal flights. Well, the road and rail network has gone to hell on a handcart and will cost billions to sort. Airport expansion is the quick cheap fix - a *bit* of land around the airports and journey times are kept low. The numbers travelling means that even if we had a good rail network, they would struggle on price alone now. Sad to note that a lot of the land for airports is still used as car parking, as despite direct rail links to Stanstead, everyone wants the car. > I have heard of buildings being moved before, there was an > old pub in Manchester years ago (The Old Wellington??) that > was shifted a few hundred feet to make way for a new > hyperspace bypass or something... so it can be done. Takes a > lot of money though, and the govt wouldn't pay for that, so > dig deep buddy! Government won't pay. People will argue about the funding and never agree on a suitable re-location. Pub companies are likely to make the right noises but do nothing, as they are trying to do away with small unprofitable venues and introduce purpose built modern pubs with other facilities - restaurants, family/children entertainment, function rooms etc. Numbers of pubs have also reduced dramatically in London as a whole, many are now fast food outlets. Malcolm
