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Proposals Begin
Proposals to build an aiport, around the Thames Estuary area begin as an alternative to a Heathrow expansion -
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Site History
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Airport in Maplin Sands Goes Ahead
Government allows Colin Buchanan propsoal of a new airport to be situated at Maplin Sands -
Governmenr Passes Act
1973 - Parliament passed an Act allowing the building of a Thames Estuary airport. -
Maplin Sands Abandoned
Due to excessive costs the Maplin Sands project was abandond -
Off-Shore Proposals
Building the airport on a man made island within the Thames Estuary is propsed -
Cliffe Identified As Possible Location
The Government propose for the new airport to be constrcted in Cliffe south of the Estuary -
Cliffe Proposal Dropped
The Government decide drop the Cliffe due to the expenses and possible failure of scheme Telegraph -
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'Thames Hub' History
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Boris Backs Off- Shore Airport
Boris Johnson backs airport around the Thames Estuary instead of an expansion to Heathrow Airport Internation -
Third Runway For Heathrow Scrapped
The coilision government scpa plans for a 3rd runway in Heathrow Guardian -
BAA deny Stanstead Second Runway
GuardianBAA withdrew its plans to build a second runway at stanstead -
Fosters Proposal Unveild
Fosters propsal for the largest airport in the world is unvield, situated right in the Thames Estuary Daily Mail -
"DRINK' Group Set In Favor Of Thames Hub
DRINKDRINK 'Demand Regeneration In North Kent' set up challenging the Governments opposition to new aiprort proposals such as 'Boris Island' -
Today
Foster's proposal is still being considered and will be decided upon in the summer -
Summer 2012 - report is supposed to be announced in summer of 2012 after being moved forward from March 2012.
Summer 2012 - report is supposed to be announced in summer of 2012 after being moved forward from March 2012.
