Top engineers back Thames Estuary airport

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has urged politicians to look seriously at the option of a new airport in the Thames Estuary after he visited the potential site with engineers and Labour MP Nick Raynsford, chair of a new cross-party parliamentary group on the proposal. The group sailed out into the Thames Estuary last month aboard a 122m dredger to see the potential options for themselves.

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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has urged politicians to look seriously at the option of a new airport in the Thames Estuary after he visited the potential site with engineers and Labour MP Nick Raynsford, chair of a new cross-party parliamentary group on the proposal. The group sailed out into the Thames Estuary last month aboard a 122m dredger to see the potential options for themselves.