{"id":54752,"date":"2015-03-05T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=5d05c6ac06419184ddcffb26227b3f93"},"modified":"2015-03-05T14:17:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T14:17:00","slug":"news-story-manston-airport-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=54752","title":{"rendered":"News story: Manston airport review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The government will appoint a consultant to undertake a review of the process so far on decisions about the future of Manston Airport, Transport Minister John Hayes announced today (5 March 2015).<\/p>\n<p>The Kent airport closed on 15 May 2014 and Thanet District Council has subsequently been seeking a deal to secure its future.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister made a commitment to do everything he can to help. Creating more jobs so more people have the security of a regular wage is a part of the government\u2019s long-term economic plan for South Thanet, and Manston Airport has a vital role to play.<\/p>\n<p>John Hayes was at Manston today to meet those at the heart of the process, including leader of Thanet District Council Iris Johnston and local <abbr title=\"Member of Parliament\">MP<\/abbr> Roger Gale.<\/p>\n<p>John Hayes said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I recognise the strong interest in keeping Manston Airport open which is why the government is leaving no stone unturned in the battle to secure its future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Today I can confirm my department will appoint a well-established consultant to review the process so far on decisions about the airport\u2019s future. While it is down to Thanet District Council ultimately to agree a deal, the government is doing everything possible to support them in finding a way forward.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The council considered the suitability of a compulsory purchase order on the site, but was unable to agree a suitable indemnity partner. The Department for Transport will now commission an independent consultant to review the process on its behalf.<\/p>\n<p>An invitation to tender for this work will be issued tomorrow, 6 March.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_1015\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Aviation media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Press enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 3118\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out of hours<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 4292\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Public enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 330 3000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government will appoint a consultant to review the process so far on decisions about the future of Manston Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}