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Carol Barbone, Do you believe that the businesses surrounding Stansted can survive in a hugely competitive world if it is not allowed to expand?
Asked by paul576 on Nov 11 2007 5:24:06 PM and supported by 27 members
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Stansted does bring important benefits to the local economy but the proposed expansion of Stansted to handle an extra 10 million passengers a year (10 mppa) would not have a major impact on the local economy one way or the other. It would be primarily to cater for more outbound leisure trips and only 290,000 of the additional 10mppa would be business passengers. It is a question of balance and one of the main difficulties in the local economy is a shortage of available employees to fill the jobs available. Expansion of Stansted would exacerbate this problem, cause more overheating and require airport workers to be recruited from much further afield, including overseas, with implications for housing and other local services. MORE!

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