They hoped to use a £30 million cash pot - originally earmarked in 2022 for a rail link to the airport before it closed - to help pay for building work at the site. But Tory Transport Secretary Mark Harper has refused to let them re-route the cash - which will likely go unspent within the five year time limit. Oliver Coppard, South Yorkshire’s Labour Metro Mayor wrote to Mr Harper in December, urging him to think again. “While there remain significant hurdles for us to overcome if we are to reopen [the airport]," Mr Coppard wrote in the letter, released to a local campaign group under Freedom of Information laws. "Your help in allowing us to access [the funds] for the airport would be a clear sign of your willingness to listen to local concerns and priorities." He added: "I know you have been unwilling to make that commitment in the past - on behalf of the people of Doncaster and South Yorkshire, and all those people across the north hoping to see [the airport] reopened - I would be grateful if you would now reconsider that decision." Mr Coppard and Doncaster Council offering to underwrite operations for a year while a new airport operator could be found
The same politicians who tell us there is a ‘climate crisis’ and bang on about net zero now want to reopen a white elephant airport to get a few local votes….got to love the hypocrisy 😂😂
Good work nick 👍
Warehousing then 😂😂
They hoped to use a £30 million cash pot - originally earmarked in 2022 for a rail link to the airport before it closed - to help pay for building work at the site. But Tory Transport Secretary Mark Harper has refused to let them re-route the cash - which will likely go unspent within the five year time limit.
Oliver Coppard, South Yorkshire’s Labour Metro Mayor wrote to Mr Harper in December, urging him to think again. “While there remain significant hurdles for us to overcome if we are to reopen [the airport]," Mr Coppard wrote in the letter, released to a local campaign group under Freedom of Information laws. "Your help in allowing us to access [the funds] for the airport would be a clear sign of your willingness to listen to local concerns and priorities."
He added: "I know you have been unwilling to make that commitment in the past - on behalf of the people of Doncaster and South Yorkshire, and all those people across the north hoping to see [the airport] reopened - I would be grateful if you would now reconsider that decision."
Mr Coppard and Doncaster Council offering to underwrite operations for a year while a new airport operator could be found
The same politicians who tell us there is a ‘climate crisis’ and bang on about net zero now want to reopen a white elephant airport to get a few local votes….got to love the hypocrisy 😂😂