Howards/Springfield

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RE: Howards/Springfield

(03/08/2016 19:44)Dentonian Wrote:  Don't want to spend too much bandwidth on this as it is wildly off topic, but it was a particularly well heeled and vociferous village that featured in the media at the time. Very much the sort of people with business and family links to the South East, so very happy to see Heathrow/Gatwick continue to dominate. I would argue that Manchester Airport is the biggest weapon we have against London totally dominating this country's economy and prosperity. I also note that even now, there are no scheduled departures between midnight and 0530 - or wouldn't be but for the accident at Dubai this morning. Since the 2nd runway opened 15 years ago, aircraft noise has diminished with first generation 737s, MD80s etc all but extinct. Besides, don't they have boy racers with silencers removed from exhausts; all night parties etc etc in leafy Cheshire?

Oh dear! I await the day of the police arresting all the pilots who land flights on runway 2 since you're comparing regular flights to illegal activities carried out by a minority. If an all night party makes a fraction of the noise of even an Airbus A319 landing on runway 2 overnight while the Airport close runway 1 for 'essential' work the police can take action. It's funny how you think a village which can get up to 20 people an hour using the existing bus and train services are all posh Rolls Royce drivers who use Heathrow Airport - how do they get to Heathrow - maybe a flight from Manchester?

Since you object so much to a cost neutral suggestion of giving Knutsford, Mobberley and Morley Green a service to the Airport how about a much more costly idea of starting a new service similar to the 200 route which does a route like Knutsford to Tatton Park (Rostherne entrance) to Rostherne Village to the Airport? Given Cheshire East won't have the money for that I take it you'll be happy to push for TfGM to fund it.