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Originally Posted by fairplay  I'm serious - in 30 years time this is going to be much bigger and more stable, and perfect for a STOL runway.
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Perfect other than the fact it's an island of less than 200 acres. Presumably, you'd need a hotel, airport lounge, a substantial carpark, several hangers, control tower, and transport infrastructure to link it to Chatham or wherever, including a rail link, road causeway/bridge ....
. Having said that, weren't there proposals to have a floating airport on the Isle of Sheppy following the Cliffe debacle?
I take the serious point being made though, that the potential longterm use of any substantial alteration to the land mass could be subject to controversy in later years - perhaps the MoD will want to requisition it back! Shame it's the 'wrong side' of the Thames barriers though ...any development in the 'gateway' would have to consider serious flood mitigation measures since it's the marshlands that protect North Kent etc from sea floods.
A nice vision would indeed be a properly designated bird sanctuary (RAMSAR?) with a complete withdrawal of all waste management works and the conversion of the old fort into an Ornithological Obs station