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Tories almost built ‘Boris island’ style airport 40 years ago
In the early 70s, Edward Heath’s government planned a new airport off the Essex coastTo environmentalists and transport buffs of a certain age, yesterday’s reports that the government is considering building an airport in the Thames estuary may sound eerily familiar. Forty-one years ago, another Tory administration with a boyish faith in grandiose transport projects to rescue the economy devised – and almost built – a near-identical scheme.
published date:Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:08:01 GMT