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Originally Posted by Damien
I liked the idea of a new airport but we 'decided' on a new runway in 2003 and now it will be another year before a Parliamentary vote at which point the 10 year process of building the runway can begin before being stopped by a million lawsuits. We'll be lucky to see it built by 2030. Can you imagine how long an airport would have taken?
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I liked the idea as well. Moving all the noise and pollution out of the capital and releasing the land at Heathrow for housing to help finance it. Would have been a win-win in my books. Hong Kong managed it in seven years including building a new island from the tops of three mountains and the connecting services.
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The airport has been in commercial operation since 1998, replacing the Kai Tak Airport. It is an important regional trans-shipment centre, passenger hub and gateway for destinations in Mainland China (with 45 destinations) and the rest of Asia. The airport is the world's busiest cargo gateway and one of the world's busiest passenger airports.[3] It is also home to one of the world's largest passenger terminal buildings (the largest when opened in 1998).
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