What’s the problem?
Gatwick Airport has proposed to bring it’s northern ’emergency’ runway into full time use, with building that could start as early as 2025.
Gatwick’s own numbers estimate that this would grow passenger numbers from around 33 million in 2022 to 75-80 million in the 2030’s. That’s as big as Heathrow is today.
This begs another question.
Heathrow currently serves 80 million passengers a year with 4 operational terminals hosting a total of 115 gates.
Gatwick currently has 2 terminals, North and South hosting 65 total gates.
Was I a betting person, I’d be putting money on a us talking about an East or West terminal at Gatwick in the not too distant future.
Watch this space.
The towns and villages around gatwick will become a sponge for this more than doubling of pollution, noise, congestion and possibly flooding, given that the River Mole is currently routed underneath the airport.
The campaign is being driven by Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign, Extinction Rebellion South East, Communities Against Gatwick Noise and Emissions and the Green Party.
