On Jan 25, 5:32*pm, Mizter T wrote:
On 25 Jan, 17:30, Paul Terry wrote:

In message
, MIG
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Whatever the merits of the location, I wonder what would be the cost
of removing the vast chemical bomb that is Canvey Island?

Why? Airport Boris would be well over 20 miles from Canvey - it's off
the Kent coast, just north of Herne Bay.

"Airport Boris"? "Borisport", please!

The article said near Southend and Sheerness.

It also mentioned tunnels to Kent and Essex. You'd have to tunnel a
long way to reach Essex from Herne Bay.

In message
, MIG
writes

The article said near Southend and Sheerness.

Unless there are rival proposals, I think the confusion arises from the
press latching on to the idea of "Thames Estuary". The plan I've seen is
way east of Essex, in what many people would regard as the North Sea:

http://www.teaco.co.uk/siteplan.pdf

It also mentioned tunnels to Kent and Essex. You'd have to tunnel a
long way to reach Essex from Herne Bay.

The proposed tunnel on the plan above seems to be lightly longer than
the Channel Tunnel !
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Paul Terry