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CS/LUA/Introduction
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1970 INQUIRY:
In 1968, Luton County Borough employed Sir Frederick Snow & Partners to determine the need, and to plan for, expansion at Luton Airport. Recommendations were as follows:
- a taxiway to the eastern end of the runway, increasing the capacity of runway 56;
- additional apron to accommodate 5 aircraft;
- extensions to the Terminal Building and a new, separate, Arrivals Building;
- extension to the bonded store;
- re-alignment of existing roads to cater for the apron and new buildings;
- a further passenger car park with space for 5,000 cars;
- construction of a spectators car park for 400 cars;
- the grass runway to close to make way for the apron and passenger car park and reclamation of a refuse dump to allow an alternate runway for light aircraft.
1972 INQUIRY:
The 1970 Inquiry took place in March and was rendered futile by a Government decision, following announcement of the site of the intended Third London Airport in April 1971, that no new runways would be permitted at existing airports in South East England. More stringent noise controls were also announced. By the following year the County Borough, of necessity, had had to change the plans for improvements to the airport, in part also to cope with new, wider bodied aircraft. The plans now comprised:
- 5 large aircraft stands;
- a new Terminal Building, twice the size of that existing and linked to it;
- improved road frontage outside the Terminal Building;
- additional car parking spaces for 5,200 cars (2,000 spaces having been lost by construction of the new Terminal Building);
- a new spectators' car park;
- increased diameter of runway turning circles;
- widening of older taxiways;
- runway strengthening.
Date free text
1969 - 1981
Production date
From: 1969 To: 1981
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