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	<title>Comments on: Rural gridlock</title>
	<link>http://richardspring.mpblogs.com/2008/06/04/rural-gridlock/</link>
	<description>Member of Parliament for West Suffolk</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>by: John Ward</title>
		<link>http://richardspring.mpblogs.com/2008/06/04/rural-gridlock/#comment-673410</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>There is a very good saying about the twin subjects of roads and airports. It goes: "A mile of road leads nowhere. A mile of runway leads to the world."

It is of course correct, though full-size airports capable of handling big jets, jumbos and the rest are a real issue in themselves. Far more useful in many places -- especially nowadays with quiet, relatively 'clean' executive jets -- are the smaller airfields such as the one in my own locality: Rochester Airport, which I helped campaign to save from closure several years ago.

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<p>It is of course correct, though full-size airports capable of handling big jets, jumbos and the rest are a real issue in themselves. Far more useful in many places &#8212; especially nowadays with quiet, relatively &#8216;clean&#8217; executive jets &#8212; are the smaller airfields such as the one in my own locality: Rochester Airport, which I helped campaign to save from closure several years ago.</p>
<p>This is an option not often considered, but is a valuable alternative in some circumstances.
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