Arklow International Airport

loyatemu wrote: »

probably more suited to After Hours this, and I did have to do a double-check on the date. Just goes to show local councillors will weigh in behind any old sh!t however ludicrous and ill-conceived...

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0625/1224273271194.html

pitkan wrote: »

First it was to be a ferry and now it`s to be an airport.

Well.... Its back on the agenda it seems ?

Financed from middle east investors

Agreement already from land owners on 600 of the 800 acres needed

Runways starting at roadstone beside Arklow golf club in the image below and reaching the co wexford border to the south

Approach and take off out over the south beach in Arklow

https://www.businesspost.ie/news/middle-east-investors-amassing-1000-acres-in-wicklow-to-build-international-airport/

Includes plans for dual rail track to the Kish and a new train station there near the exit 21 Arklow south M11 exit

Very strange proposal. We already have more airports than we need for the population of this country. Both Wexford Bus and Bus Éireann have hourly buses from Arklow to the airport so it's not exactly like the area is crying out for an airport..

I'd imagine the plan is for new incoming capacity that DUB cant handle

A new terminal at DUB only reduces over crowding,it doesnt increase capacity

Incoming is also outgoing obviously

Its also going to poach traffic from DUB if its 40% cheaper

Given we are all forking it through the nose for carbon taxes, because reduce CO2, you know, this is not allowable in that context from the amount of concrete required, it being the third highest global emmission source of CO2.

The difference is none of those airports are that close to Dublin except Belfast, which is in another jurisdiction.

A new airport close to Dublin but with it's own airspace and with good transport links to Dublin could compete with Dublin airport for traffic, and therefore bring costs down.

DAA have a monopoly right now, this plan would challenge that

Arklow does have a (very scenic) rail link, albeit single track, it has a decent road north to Dublin and south to the lovely beaches of Wexford, and just inland is prime tourism territory. Like landing in Kerry or Donegal, the visitor touches down in the heart of a magical landscape with trekking, fishing, swimming, right at the doorstep. A good hotel or two built by the airport would get very good footfall. For south Dubliners or Wicklow and Wexford folk flying out of Arklow/Wicklow International Airport would be a very attractive prospect.

Good transport links to Dublin?

You’ve obviously not seen the thread about the Wexford train service…….

Part of the plan includes paying Irish rail to dual track the line from Greystones down to the new rail station at the Kish on the northwest corner of the site

That would get a non stop to Bray from ELIA in about 40 minutes and town in about an hour 20 with just that stop

From the interview Id say they'll be talking to O'Leary if this gets legs

This is never, ever going to happen. Zero chance of getting planning permission. Mouthy O'Leary will talk about it as if its a done thing and how he'll do flights for 1c from it etc etc for a decent time after this and any further announcements though.

45min drive to South Dublin is pretty good compared to all other airports out there except Dublin airport itself.

Dublin airport takes almost 32million pax per year. The vast majority of which are not from this country.

For tourists coming into Dublin airport, generally their first stop on their trip is Dublin itself. So flying to DUB vs Arklow is much of a muchness.

The 2nd is transfers/stop overs: location matters not a jot in this case.

For people living in Dublin, Arklow is not that bad compared to traffic, queues and no doubt prices of Dublin airport.

The Billions mentioned to start the Arklow project would be private equity money though,usually thats money ready to flow

Vs Waterfords pleas for 25 million pushing up against all other competing asks from the public purse

Big difference

Lots of hurdles for the project to jump over first of course and anyone of them could fall it

Its one to watch

Any new airport for Dublin at a similar distance to Dublin from Arklow would be built north of Dublin.

That’s where the population lies and where the highest projected growth will be.

Not that any new airport will happen in the foreseeable future…

Real deatailed image Pureza. I hate the thought of the middle eastern folk laundering their money here in constructiin...they literally buy their way around the world.

Could it feasibly be done though? Looking at the image of the potential cpo'd land it cuts off all access from arklow to clogga to kilmurray and access around these areas....