Tuesday 28 October 2008

*Thames Estuary airport

MAYOR QUESTION TIME:

Thames Estuary airport
Question No: 2032 / 2008
Jenny Jones
Will the study being undertaken by GLA officers in to your proposal for an airport in the Thames Gateway consider the difficulties to construction that could be posed by the wreckage of liberty ship SS Richard Montgomery, which sank off the coast of Sheerness in 1944 carrying a cargo of explosives, around 1,500 tons of which are reportedly still on board the wreckage?


Answer from the Mayor:
Thank you for highlighting this important issue.
I will make sure that my officers consider the implications of this in their current evaluation of Thames Estuary airport options.

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Funny that Boris should embark on his cock-eyed proposals without knowing of the existence of this wreck, which if exploded, would take a fair bit of the coast with it.

2 comments:

ronangel said...

boris should have a look here even
the government are not sure what is on board the ship see freedom of information act request reply or none reply….
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/danger_wreck_of_the_ss_richard_m#comment-428
(copy and paste url into your browser)

ronangel said...

boris should have a look at the site
in the url below. Even the government are not sure what is on board the ship see freedom of information act request reply or none reply….
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/danger_wreck_of_the_ss_richard_m#comment-428
(copy and paste url into your browser)