Manchester Airport Environmental Aspects

Lots of countryside had to be destroyed to make room for the new runway, and people had to be moved out of their houses, Manchester airport had to pay for them to be moved and re-housed near the area, because they were knocking down peoples houses to make way for the new runway.

Some protesters even became well known because of the press that they were given because of the protests they were staging to stop the construction going on.

One of which was called Swampy, he dug a hole in the area and lived in it for several days to stop the building work going on.

Eventually he was arrested, but his name was splashed across the press, and he appeared on TV shows because of what he did.

Manchester finished building the runway, but lowered the values of the houses near by because no-one wants to move into a house next to a runway because of the noise pollution it cause therefore the houses will sell for less and puts the person out of a lot of cash.

Therefore Manchester Airport has to take a lot of things environmentally into consideration before they undertake a large project like a new runway.

There has been many projects undertaken by Manchester airport most of these being new terminals, better terminals new runways, better facilities.

They all cause bad press, and more damage to the environment but that is the price you pay for business.