In full: the motion passed by the council
PLYMOUTH City Council firmly believes that the residents and businesses of Plymouth deserve fast, efficient and reliable transport links with the rest of the country and beyond in order for Plymouth to prosper and for its residents to enjoy the freedom of movement enjoyed by most other cities of our size in the UK.
We therefore call on the Prime Minister and the Secretaries of State for Transport and Business Innovation and Skills to take action which would result in Plymouth Airport becoming a national asset providing a reliable and extensive commercial air network for the benefit of local residents and businesses.
We recognise that it is not possible to protect the airport land for ever, but we will use our planning powers to protect the airport from development for as long as legally possible.
We call on all Plymouth politicians inside and outside this chamber to support this resolution as well as the people of Plymouth and the Herald.
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We wish to demonstrate to Government the deeply felt concerns of Plymouth residents and the support they feel for the Plymouth City Airport and call upon The Herald to organise a campaign to encourage residents, employees and businesses to join me in writing to the Prime Minister to express their support for what I have proposed today.
Comments
by CharlieDodd
Thursday, September 27 2012, 2:01AM
“..puffingbilly said- "no-one used the airport, certainly not enough to keep any airline interested since the days of Brymon and his tiny Twin-Otters. It is TOO small, TOO short and in the wrong place'..
Yer wot mate?
It existed just fine for 80 years, and even as recently as 3 years ago it was a goldmine- WIKI:-"In 2009, 157,933 passengers passed through the airport,making Plymouth one of the only UK airports experiencing significant growth during the period".
And short runways are no problem for modern mini-jet airliners, they can land on a tennis court and can touch 500mph, you could be in Paris in 45 minutes and Moscow in around 3 hours..:)”
by DevonEagle
Thursday, September 27 2012, 12:10AM
“TimPlymouth..... what's the point of keeping it if it can only handle paper planes?”
by b_mused
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 10:37PM
“Did Mr Evans explain to the meeting why he and his fellow incompetents at the time gave the leasehold on the airport land to a property developer?”
by timplymouth
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 8:12PM
“No-one has the money to build a new airport from scratch. The airport we have is the only one we will ever get. If it is demolished there will not be another.”
by DevonEagle
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 6:43PM
“Well if Exeter was to close then maybe we could build a new one convenient for Plymouth. Roborough just doesn't have room to provide that.
There is plenty of room for one elsewhere not far beyond city limits.”
by DevonEagle
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 6:41PM
“Well if Exeter was to close then maybe we could build a new one convenient for Plymouth. Roborough just doesn't have room to provide that.
There is plenty of room for one.”
by jannerflight
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 2:15PM
“DevonEagle if what I am hearing is correct then Exeters future is not very secure at present. The main user airline is having servere financial problems, the bucket and spade carriers are reducing their summer timetable flights and add to that the current airports owners are struggling to find the finances required to upgrade the airport. So Exeters future doesn,t look rosey at present even if it only is as you say 40 minutes up the road on a good day and you don't get many of them on the A38.”
by Waltersmith
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 12:44PM
“I watched the "debate" and thought the quality of the speeches pretty poor.
I totally agree with hstmtu4000. Plymouth is becoming an example of economic inertia. There is really no reason for the city to exist and the balance of economic power has shifted eastwards.
The only reason to m-way the A38 will be to cope with the commuter traffic going from Plymouth to Exeter”
by puffing_billy
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 11:53AM
“It is not a question of "If we build it, they will come". It exists and no-one used it: certainly not enough to keep any airline interested since the days of Brymon and his tiny Twin-Otters. It is TOO small, TOO short and in the wrong place.
Whatever the outcome, lets please not have another white elephant on our council tax bill. It MUST be entirely self-supporting if it going to happen at all.
DevonEagle. Much like your "buses" analogy: not enough people use them, so they don't run all the time. No transport system makes money running empty.”
by puffing_billy
Wednesday, September 26 2012, 11:51AM
“It is not a question of "If we build it, they will come". It exists and no-one used it: certainly not enough to keep any airline interested since the days of Brymon and his tiny Twin-Otters. It is TOO small, TOO short and in the wrong place.
Whatever the outcome, lets please not have another white elephant on our council tax bill. It MUST be entirely self-supporting if it going to happen at all.
DevonEagle. Much like your "buses" analogy: not enough people use them, so they don't run all the time. No transport system makes money running empty or going nowhere.”