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Comment on SAEN grateful to Plane Stupid protesters by Mark Higgins

Mark Higgins — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:28:07 +0000

Hi
Wondered if you had many members across the river in Kent ? I live in Cliffewoods and have noticed a significant increase in noise pollution from low flying aircraft particularly early morning and late night.

best wishes
Mark

Comment on SAEN grateful to Plane Stupid protesters by Malicious prosecution of Rushettes dropped « Keithpp's Blog

Malicious prosecution of Rushettes dropped « Keithpp's Blog — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:10:49 +0000

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Comment on Council misleads public on airport jobs by Denis Walker

Denis Walker — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:06:34 +0000

There are the two houses opposite the church, which I presume are the two to which you are referring. There are also the four cottages on the other side of the runway that have already been demolished.

As for the blight caused by the closure of Eastwoodbury Lane, it’s very real. You only have to look at the chaos it’s caused around Tesco on occasions and the fact that they’ve had to close the slip road into Nestuda Way on the east-bound lane of the A127 because of the extremely poor design of the Nestuda Way/St Laurence Way roundabout. The closure of that section of Eastwoodbury Lane has also forced the closure of part of Footpath 121, which was a regularly-used route for church-goers living in North Crescent.

And while I’ve got your attention, how about having the courage of your convictions and coming out of the shadows of anonymity? I publish some of your comments on the site because they nicely illustrate some of the common misconceptions that the general public have about the airport, the councils and their plans. You do tend to snipe from the sidelines though (and sometimes just shamelessly troll) rather than attempt to properly defend your position.

The thing is that as time goes on, more and more of the evidence stacks up in favour of the arguments we at SAEN have made ever since 2008. Aer Arann can’t sustain their flights through the winter and now ‘Jetisfaction’ is causing dissatisfaction as their flights to Germany have been postponed. We’ve always maintained that Southend is the wrong place for an airport (never mind that in order to become more sustainable and preserve resources for the future, we should be reducing the number of flights). We never hear any convincing arguments against this – and there’s a very simple reason for that.

There aren’t any.

Comment on Council misleads public on airport jobs by Common SENSE

Common SENSE — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:25:18 +0000

I admire your determination, but please get your facts right. It seems hypocritical that you’re complaining about what you see to be an inaccurate jobs figure whilst you incorrectly say that 6 homes are being knocked down. That is not the case, only 2 homes need to be and have been removed.
Have a look – the majority of the tarmac for the runway extension has been laid. ‘Blighted by the closure of Eastwoodbury Lane’; have you thought about getting a job at the Daily Mail?

Comment on Southend West survey shows majority oppose airport expansion by neil kennedy

neil kennedy — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:03:09 +0000

my late brother in law wilfrid tolhurst, a southend solicitor, successfully fought against the proposed new stansted flight path over his home in the dedham vale (it cost £400K in barristers fees!)
I understand that multiple flights from southend airport are now planned to overfly Burnham on Crouch (where i live) at only 2000 ft
is there anything that I ,and other concerned Burnham residents ,can do to help you ?
I am told that only a marginal (1.5%?) rerouting would be required for the flight path to go over the river crouch instead over the town
can you give me any more information please?
many thanks
neil kennedy
ps incidentally, many of my relatives are buried in eastwood church,so well done for your success in halting its removal!

Comment on Residents show damage of closing Eastwoodbury Lane at Public Inquiry by Paul silk

Paul silk — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:31:13 +0000

Lane is now closed and stobart’s workers refused me entry to the footpath 1-09-11

Comment on Residents show damage of closing Eastwoodbury Lane at Public Inquiry by Lawrence Darke

Lawrence Darke — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:23:14 +0000

There is a sign at the roadworks on Eastwoodbury Lane stating that the lane will be permanently closed on 01 Septemdedr 2011. Are you aware?

Comment on Key decisions on Airport to be made in September by Dario Rodrigues

Dario Rodrigues — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:45:27 +0000

Because London southend airport want to handle the Easyjet Airbus A319.

Comment on St Laurence Church Wall decision by Russell Gonsal

Russell Gonsal — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:21:26 +0000

If 18 ins or so is needed to comply with CAA safety stipulations, this can be achieved by widening the runway by double the required dimension. That will move the centre line of the runway by 18 ins, making it unnecessary to move the church boundary wall.

If the church “Elders” accept a vast sum of money to allow the wall to be moved it will in my opinion be a sacrilege. Money is not everything. I know that parishioners are distraught and heartbroken at what is taking place, and no one seems to care. Very sad what money can do to even people of the cloth.

Comment on Easyjet announcement undermines entire case for expansion at Southend Airport by Berta

Berta — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:18:58 +0000

Great news for some who can’t wait to get to Ibiza from their doorstep?
Worse than bad news for almost half of Leigh on Sea residents who will try to find a quiet corner during their daily lives once the easy Jet start flying…
Do we want to count how many affected? Did anybody try?
Some interesting information. Did you know that BAA provided compensation to all the home owners falling under extension runway pathway within 66dBA noise contour of the Stansted second runway extension? For the extension that is currently on hold, but the residents have been taken care of in advance? Even those falling under 50 dBA noise contour were included in support scheme.
Let’s compare Southend airport? Latest noise map is provided here in this SAEN site, where 90dBA contour starts almost from the seafront with a narrow area across the town through to the airport – the area that extends through almost all Leigh on Sea. And that’s a 90 dBA compared to 66dBA at Stansted?
And nobody talking compensation? Why Leigh on Sea residents different from residents around Stansted? By the way, for Stansted expansion, 500 properties fall within 66dBA noise contour. I am keen on counting Leigh on Sea properties by simply comparing and looking at a Google map and the Southend airport 90dBA noise map, since neither council nor the airport care to look at this number. I am sure the number of properties and depreciation of their value taken together will total up to more than what the Council sold this airport for to Stobart group.
And who will care about 4 wonderful and one of the best in the country schools right in the middle of the path? Westcliff High Schoold for Boys, Westcliff High School for Girls, St Thomas More High School, and Blenheim Primary? Who wants their kids to sit daily in the noisy classroom when research shows that 20 dBA constant noise affects their learning abilities?