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Carol Barbone, If the airport is not allowed to expand how safe are the businesses that rely wholely on the trade that the airport brings e.g taxi's, aircraft maintenance, catering, hotels, and shops?
Asked by stevec on Nov 11 2007 5:00:30 PM and supported by 21 members
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No-one is suggesting the airport should contract or be closed. The key priority is to develop a broadly-based, diverse local economy which is not over-dependent on any single industry or employer. We have all seen what can happen when there is over dependency and something goes wrong, for example in the coal-mining towns of Yorkshire, the shipyards of Tyneside or the steelworks of South Wales. We are not predicting Stansted's imminent demise but there are long term risks to every industry and aviation is no exception. The local economy has thrived for more than 200 years precisely because it has been dynamic and broadly based. We should keep it that way and not have too many eggs in one basket. MORE!

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