Fresh call on airport plan
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A fresh call has been made to London Mayor Boris Johnson, asking
him to meet Medway councillors about his plan for an airport in the
Thames Estuary.
An open letter calling for a meeting between Mr Johnson and
Medway councillorss has been released today, Monday.
Council leader Cllr Rodney Chambers initially wrote to the
Mayor last year asking to meet him over the proposed
scheme. He replied saying that he would not be able to
meet himself, but that a meeting could be set up with his deputy
mayor Kit Malthouse. This meeting happened last week.
Now, since last week's meeting, Cllr Chambers has
written the open letter requesting a meeting
with Mr Johnson personally so that Medway councillors can tell
the Mayor exactly why the Thames Estuary airport scheme should be
shelved.
Cllr Chambers said he feels that it is correct and proper that a
meeting between Medway's councillors and the mayor himself, rather
than his deputy mayor, takes place.
The letter says: "Hours after our meeting it emerged that your
chief engineer behind the airport plan, Doug Oakervee, had
suddenly, and somewhat mysteriously, pulled out of an important
meeting with the London Assembly on the airport due to take place
this week.
Just days later, you were on BBC’s Question Time telling the
audience: “I don't want to build an estuary in the, er, an airport
in the Thames Estuary.
"This lack of clarity is confusing and I strongly feel this whole
matter needs to be cleared up."
Monday, March 08 2010
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