Communities rethink remote airstrip value-adding
By Ian Poynter, Guardian Cities
A major theme in discussion at the European Parliament’s annual session last week was the risi더킹카지노ng value of remote airstrips – especially for short-haul flights. Some MEPs are concerned about the economic and environmental consequences of such installations, and there are proposals to improve them. But how much should you pay and what is the right use of existing land for this form of remote airfield?
The answer to these questions might not be that simple. Many MEPs are open to “value-added” airfields. 바카라They would prefer to see all private land used to serve air traffic control or in emergency situations. But they also believe that there should be limits on the use of existing areas so that existing aircraft don’t fall through into the cracks. They may be opposed to the creation of huge estates to house large numbers of aircraft; this has happened with the creation of the Eindhoven Airport and the Leuven Airport complex in Belgium.
The only issue that all these proposals have in common is that they do not involve the destruction of existing lands. Most of the MEPs in the session were keenly aware of the issue, in which case the biggest problem with any of their proposals would be to consider some compromise that could be reached with civil aviation authorities and the local communities.
If you read between the lines, there might be some argument to be had about the benefits of using existing airfields over a remote runway, but there is little appetite to create new ones with a higher value. On the other hand, there is plenty of debate about whether local communities should have the right to say what sort of use they want in remote airfields.
All of these points, however, only take us so far. To answer all these questions effectively, MEPs will have to work out how to set up and operate remo바카라te airstrips so that they are used to serve different use cases. This should include consideration of the social and environmental benefits of airfields which can take advantage of the area for both the community and aircraft.
A big question is whether the potential costs will fall so low that MEPs will have little interest in trying to create new airstrips that cost only a few thousand euros to build. However, many of the proposals do address the costs, and it is in these circumstances that the biggest issues will have to be addressed.
For these reasons, it is unclear whether it would be wise for MEPs to tr