Crossrail go-ahead puts London City Airport's future in doubt
13.10.07
The future of London City Airport has been placed in doubt by the decision to build Crossrail, according to the London Mayor's regeneration chief. Crossrail, due to open in 2017, would cut travel times between Canary Wharf and Heathrow to 43 minutes and between the City and Heathrow to about 25 minutes.
London Development Agency (LDA) chief executive, Manny Lewis, said: 'It raises questions about London City Airport's long-term viability. We also have this issue about our own housing agenda - we don't want development in the Royal Docks stymied by the rapid growth of the airport, with the noise and environmental impacts.'
The Docklands airport hopes to expand from almost three million passengers a year to eight million by 2030 by doubling the number of annual flights to 143,000, and has added an impressive number of flights this year. However, the LDA is set to refuse to sell the airport a parcel of land it controls at Albert Island that has been earmarked for extra staff facilities.
Mr. Lewis, said work had begun on drawing up a vision of a new community in the Royal Docks if the airport shuts. He said: 'They can't expand without the LDA land.' A London City Airport spokeswoman declined to comment on the story.
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