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Bristol International Airport has revealed expansion plans which it says will create 4,000 new jobs.
The airport has launched its plans on Wednesday which it said would generate more than £340 million a year, with passenger numbers through the airport growing to 10 million per year by 2017.
The phased expansion at Lulsgate will see a bigger terminal, covered walkways to the planes, a new multi-storey car park with a public transport interchange on top, as well as a hotel and office buildings.
New transport links to the airport will take place alongside the development, including improvements to the A38, a new fleet of buses on the Flyer service from Temple Meads, an extension to the Rapid Transit route from Ashton Vale, new bus services to Weston-super-Mare and Bath and a link route around south Bristol.
The airport itself is expecting to see an extra five or six flights per hour between 6am and 11pm.
It hopes to add several long-haul flights to its list of destinations - Cape Town, Singapore, Hong Kong, Atlanta and Chicago are being targeted
The plans were revealed at Lulsgate today by new chief executive Robert Sinclair.
He said: "This development will enable the airport to meet the growing demand for air travel to and from the South West. The new facilities will make the airport better for our passengers, allowing us to improve the service and range of flights available to local business and leisure travellers.”
"It will also help us attract tourists directly to the region, supporting the local economy. Airports remain vital to economic prosperity and quality of life in the regions they serve.”
"Environmental effects need to be balanced against these benefits - that's why we have carefully assessed the impacts of our proposals and brought forward a range of mitigation measures to be considered along with our development proposals.”
"We look forward to discussing these plans with local people and working with them to find a sustainable solution."
The airport has just opened a public consultation on the proposals, which will run until Friday March 6.
Hilary Burn, spokeswoman for Stop Bristol Airport Expansion, said: "The economic arguments for expansion at Bristol are extremely weak. Their figures for inbound tourism revenue do not stand up.”
"There is also no proof that expansion will provide any further benefit for local businesses who are increasingly exchanging travel for videoconferencing and other green solutions. Expansion at any airport, whether it be Heathrow or Bristol, makes a mockery of the Government's green credentials as supposed leaders on climate change.”
"We cannot keep growing airports and expect to make the massive cuts in carbon emissions that we need to safeguard our future."
The plans will go before North Somerset Council at the end of March, with a decision expected by May.
Work could then start at the end of this year.
link: http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage ... ticle.html
There is an inter-active video embedded in the newspaper report to which this report is linked. What is shown is extremely impressive. However, this is just the beginning of a very long road and it is likely a public enquiry will feature.
It will also depend on the whim of the next government and, if it is a Conservative one, the path might be even rockier as the Tories have made their opposition known to aviation expansion in the UK, mainly because it was Labour’s idea of course.
However, if it did all come to pass Bristol would have a superb facility in around ten years' time.
The airport has launched its plans on Wednesday which it said would generate more than £340 million a year, with passenger numbers through the airport growing to 10 million per year by 2017.
The phased expansion at Lulsgate will see a bigger terminal, covered walkways to the planes, a new multi-storey car park with a public transport interchange on top, as well as a hotel and office buildings.
New transport links to the airport will take place alongside the development, including improvements to the A38, a new fleet of buses on the Flyer service from Temple Meads, an extension to the Rapid Transit route from Ashton Vale, new bus services to Weston-super-Mare and Bath and a link route around south Bristol.
The airport itself is expecting to see an extra five or six flights per hour between 6am and 11pm.
It hopes to add several long-haul flights to its list of destinations - Cape Town, Singapore, Hong Kong, Atlanta and Chicago are being targeted
The plans were revealed at Lulsgate today by new chief executive Robert Sinclair.
He said: "This development will enable the airport to meet the growing demand for air travel to and from the South West. The new facilities will make the airport better for our passengers, allowing us to improve the service and range of flights available to local business and leisure travellers.”
"It will also help us attract tourists directly to the region, supporting the local economy. Airports remain vital to economic prosperity and quality of life in the regions they serve.”
"Environmental effects need to be balanced against these benefits - that's why we have carefully assessed the impacts of our proposals and brought forward a range of mitigation measures to be considered along with our development proposals.”
"We look forward to discussing these plans with local people and working with them to find a sustainable solution."
The airport has just opened a public consultation on the proposals, which will run until Friday March 6.
Hilary Burn, spokeswoman for Stop Bristol Airport Expansion, said: "The economic arguments for expansion at Bristol are extremely weak. Their figures for inbound tourism revenue do not stand up.”
"There is also no proof that expansion will provide any further benefit for local businesses who are increasingly exchanging travel for videoconferencing and other green solutions. Expansion at any airport, whether it be Heathrow or Bristol, makes a mockery of the Government's green credentials as supposed leaders on climate change.”
"We cannot keep growing airports and expect to make the massive cuts in carbon emissions that we need to safeguard our future."
The plans will go before North Somerset Council at the end of March, with a decision expected by May.
Work could then start at the end of this year.
link: http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage ... ticle.html
There is an inter-active video embedded in the newspaper report to which this report is linked. What is shown is extremely impressive. However, this is just the beginning of a very long road and it is likely a public enquiry will feature.
It will also depend on the whim of the next government and, if it is a Conservative one, the path might be even rockier as the Tories have made their opposition known to aviation expansion in the UK, mainly because it was Labour’s idea of course.
However, if it did all come to pass Bristol would have a superb facility in around ten years' time.