2015年2月10日 星期二

Plan agreed for London City Airport despite objections

Plan agreed for London City Airport despite objections

PlaneLondon City Airport will pay all the costs of any soundproofing for residents

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A £220 million project to expand London City Airport has been given the go-ahead, despite more than 1,000 people being against it.
Newham Council approved plans which will create 1,500 jobs and allow for more landings and take-offs at peak times.
The council said plans included flight restrictions, a noise barrier and soundproofing packages for residents.
A campaign group said once again the council had "ignored residents".
Local jobs
London City Airport said as part of the plan it would invest £6.8 million towards employment and education.
A spokesman said almost all of the money would be for Newham residents through the council's job brokerage scheme Workplace.
Newham Council said 24,420 properties were written to asking for views and they had received 1,330 objections and only 21 in support.
John Stewart, chairman of Hacan, an organisation representing residents against the expansion, said he was very disappointed the plan had been approved.
'Air pollution'
He said: "The expanse will mean more air pollution and more noise. We also think the amount of jobs London City Airport says it will create is exaggerated."
A council spokesman said as well as the thousands of people consulted over the plans, the application was also advertised in four local newspapers.
He said: "Some 250 site notices were erected across Newham, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich and Bexley. The consultation exercise was repeated three times when the environment statement was amended on two occasions following the submission of the original application."
Based on the responses received the council said it had listened to all views and agreed to the plan with 131 conditions, including limits on the numbers of passengers and restrictions on flights at certain times of the day.

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倫敦市機場不僅不遷移 還要擴建

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(中央社記者黃貞貞倫敦9日專電)位在倫敦市東區的倫敦市國際機場,自1987年開始營運,是商務人士與前往歐洲遊客的首選,雖然在人口稠密的市區,不僅不會遷移,幾經努力,日前還獲得擴建許可。

倫敦市國際機場(London City Airport)為美國基礎設施基金Global Infrastructure Partners公司所持有,數年前提出2億2000萬英鎊(約新台幣105億元)的擴建計畫,包括航廈擴建,興建新的滑行道,增加停機坪及擴大入境大廳等。

2008年倫敦市國際機場所在的地方政府紐漢(Newham)同意,將每年機場的班次由8萬次提高到12萬次,引發當地部份居民嚴重不滿,他們認為擴建計畫將產生更多噪音與污染,並一狀告到法院,官司纏訟數年,最近才確定計畫可以推行。

倫敦市國際機場緊臨輕軌鐵路車站(DLR),乘客可以利用大眾運輸系統快速進入市區,機場距離2個金融機構林立的區域都很近,而且通關快速,是商務人士出國洽公最喜愛的機場,事實上2/3的旅客也都是商務人士。

從倫敦市國際機場幾乎每天都有出發到蘇黎士、巴黎、法蘭克福、馬德里、柏林等歐洲大城市的班機,每年為英國創造至少5億英鎊的經濟產值,未來擴建計畫完成後,經濟效益會更大。

根據新的計畫,到2023年前倫敦市國際機場的旅客人次將增加到600萬,幾乎是2014年365萬人次的2倍。倫敦市國際機場管理公司承諾,新的計畫將創造1500個新的就業機會,同時優先聘雇當地勞工,並支付當地居民住家安裝噪音隔離設備的費用,成立680萬英鎊基金,提供就業與教育訓練。

擴建後的機場將可以容納體型較大的飛機,例如龐巴迪C系列(Bombardier C Series)、Embraer E2等可以搭載135到145名乘客的飛機,未來班次並可以延伸到美國東岸、中東、波斯灣地區及俄羅斯等地區。

倫敦市國際機場管理公司同時將興建有260個客房的旅館,帶動當地發展,倫敦市長強森(Boris Johnson)公開表達全力支持。1040209

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