Report on the environment to the secretary of state.

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Report for the Secretary of State for the Environment on the proceedings of the Public Enquiry into the proposed development of Liverpool John Lennon Airport held at St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, on the 23rd to 31st of January 2006 under the chairmanship of his honour D.J. Samuel

From: Mr D.J.Samuel

To: The Secretary of State for the Environment.

Proposal:  To expand Liverpool John Lennon Airport by constructing a second runway and a new terminal. The benefits of this new proposal would include an increase in passengers by 50%, from 4.4 million in 2005 to at least 6.6 billion by the time the new runway is complete.

Public Enquiry: It was initially thought that there would be 24 people participating in the public enquiry, however one participant was unable to do so due to personal reasons for which I decline to disclose. The public enquiry took place over a period of approximately five days in which each participant was due to speak for at least 5 minutes about his personal opinion on the subject of the expansion proposal. A wide variety of different opinions were expressed either for or against as well as some neutral opinions on the matter. There were, however, very similar arguments with almost identical factual information.

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Positive aspects of the expansion proposal:

  • Over 700 jobs created as part of the expansion

Summary: The majority of the opinions expressed were pro the expansion bid, due to the large numbers of benefits to the various societies in Liverpool. For example, Gary Clark, a building contractor working in Liverpool, spoken of his delight to hear that an expansion to Liverpool John Lennon Airport was a realistic possibility. He saw this proposal as a great opportunity for his business to prosper. Mr Clark explained clearly how the airport expansion would bring increased tourism to the area and therefore ...

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