1000 people have now signed the petition!!
Joy of joys!
Joy of joys!Finally, the Rose Cottage petition has just reached it's target of 1000 signatures.
We are now ready to submit the petition to the Airport and, if need be, the Council.
May I thank everyone who has signed, and asked others to sign. Special thanks to those who collected using the paper version, and sent these in.
We are now ready to submit the petition to the Airport and, if need be, the Council.
May I thank everyone who has signed, and asked others to sign. Special thanks to those who collected using the paper version, and sent these in.
Leader of Green Party lends us her support
More great news is that Dr Caroline Lucas MEP, leader of the Green Party has also given us her support. In a press release she is quoted as saying:"Rose Cottage is an important piece of local heritage, but this is definitely not just a local issue. If Manchester airport increases its air freight capacity, Rose Cottage won't be the only casualty. There will be bad consequences in terms of climate change, as well local traffic generation, local air and noise pollution and resulting ill-health effects.
The airport will talk about jobs, but the truth is that we can create huge numbers of jobs by greening the economy. Manchester and North West England could become major centres, and even leaders, of the green industrial revolution that Britain urgently needs.
We could fund much of Britain's economic recovery if we stopped giving aviation its billions of pounds of tax breaks every year, and if we made airports and airlines pay the full costs of their pollution. And Manchester airport could start by developing a proper sustainable development strategy. That would mean scrapping plans for new air freight facilities - and Rose Cottage would be saved."
The airport will talk about jobs, but the truth is that we can create huge numbers of jobs by greening the economy. Manchester and North West England could become major centres, and even leaders, of the green industrial revolution that Britain urgently needs.
We could fund much of Britain's economic recovery if we stopped giving aviation its billions of pounds of tax breaks every year, and if we made airports and airlines pay the full costs of their pollution. And Manchester airport could start by developing a proper sustainable development strategy. That would mean scrapping plans for new air freight facilities - and Rose Cottage would be saved."
10th consequtive slump in Air Freight at airport - 90 job cuts announced
February figures released last week show a continued decline in Air Freight at Manchester Airport:
These figures were released on the same week that the Airport sadly announced they were cutting 90 jobs.Our thoughts are with those whose jobs are threatened.
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