New airports would cause vast damage, say campaigners
UK: Environmentalists call for aviation industry to be taxed more highly
Plans to build new airports or to expand existing ones will lead to “vast and sprawling” damage to the countryside, according to environmental campaigners.
The Council for Protection of Rural England (CPRE) has stated that exiting plans for the expansion of the nation’s aviation industry currently threaten some 44 of the country’s best wildlife sites, along with seven areas of outstanding natural beauty, more than 10 square miles of green belt land – and the small matter of more than 300 listed buildings.
The CPRE believes that if the aviation industry were taxed in the same way as other industries, there would be no need for new runways for some 30 years – and is calling for ministers to introduce measures to reduce the nation’s reliance on air travel, such as the introduction of better high-speed rail links.
Spokesman Andrew Critchell said: “When all this potential damage is totalled up the impacts are huge. Existing towns, villages and huge swathes of countryside are under threat. The threat from new runways is unprecedented and their impact will not stop at the airport’s boundary fence. It is vital that people write to their MP and express their views now.”
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