AIRPORT CALLS ON “EVERYONE TO HAVE THEIR SAY”
Edinburgh Airport has today thanked thousands of people who have responded to the second stage of public consultation on airspace change – and is now calling on others to offer their response too as the consultation enters into its final period.
The consultation is seeking views on preferred flight paths in the airspace surrounding the airport to allow for maximum operational benefits whilst minimising the impact on local communities.
This second stage of public consultation was launched on Monday 30th January and the responses and findings will be presented to the Civil Aviation Authority.
Due to the interest from communities and a call for meetings towards the end the consultation period the airport has today decided to continue taking consultation responses for an additional week in May.
Commenting, Edinburgh Airport’s Chief Executive Gordon Dewar, said:
“We are greatly encouraged by the consultation response; the vibrant process is going well with a high level of quantity and quality of the responses.
“By the end of this stage of the consultation we will have attended more than 20 meetings in communities across West Lothian, Fife and Edinburgh. This has been a valuable listening exercise for us as well as giving us an opportunity to share information with our neighbouring communities.
“By continuing to raise awareness we will enable even more people to respond which will give us an even clearer understanding of the views from all those with an interest in this issue.
“We are absolutely committed to delivering a robust consultation process and have invited community councils to work with us to ensure that our consultation methods enable local people to participate.
“It is for this reason that we will be accommodating more meetings towards the end of the month and we are happy to confirm today that the consultation will continue accepting responses for an additional week in May.
“If you haven't already responded please go to www.letsgofurther.com to make sure you have your say.”
To give stakeholders even greater confidence Edinburgh Airport has also commissioned the Consultation Institute to conduct a Quality Assurance of the consultation process.
ENDS
List of public drop in sessions, public meetings and community council engagement meetings during the second stage of public consultation:
Thursday 23rd February – Livingston drop in session
Monday 27th February – Ratho Community Council meeting
Thursday 2nd March – Cramond drop-in session
Saturday 4th March – Winchburgh drop-in session
Monday 6th March – Kirknewton drop-in session
Wednesday 8th March – Almond Neighbourhood Partnership meeting
Saturday 11th March - Ecclesmachin drop in session
Monday 13th March – Dunfermline public meeting
Tuesday 14th March – Livingston public meeting
Wednesday 15th March – South Queensferry Council meeting
Thursday 16th March – Kinghorn Community Council meeting
Monday 27th March – Granton Community Council meeting
Tuesday 28th March – Charleston, Limekilns and Pattiesmuir Community Council meeting
Monday 3rd April – Dalgety Bay and Hillend Community Council
Tuesday 4th April – Port Seaton and Cockenzie Community Council meeting
Thursday 6th April – South Queensferry Community Council meeting
Thursday 13th April – Equalities drop in session at Hilton Doubletree Hotel at Edinburgh Airport
Tuesday 18th April – Falkirk drop in session
Wednesday 19th April – Winchburgh public meeting
Thursday 20th April – Dunfermline Rotary Club Talk
Plus more TBC