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9.
Nim
The
Wan
possibility
of having a replacement airport at
(Deep Bay) was in fact seriously considered in 1983
but the option was found to be less attractive than the Chek
Lap Kok option in the following aspects :
(a) with the Chinese
authorities' decision to build a
new airport for domestic services at Huangtian, it
seems
highly likely that the NW-SE flight paths
associated
with that airport would result in serious
airspace conflicts with NE-SW movements of aircraft
using a Deep Bay facility, thus making airspace
management very difficult;
(b)
over the recent years, substantial port development
has occurred
EW aligned
at Shekou, access to which is via the
Urmston Road. With a new airport at the
SE part of Deep Bay, it is likely that shipping
movements would have to be restricted from passing
the ends of the runways while the runways are in
According to an estimate by consultants, about
130,000 vessels per
use.
this channel to and
annum could be expected to use
from the Pearl River ports by
2006. The channel is also used by vessels using the
new Shekou port.
regulate this volume
It
with aircraft movements;
Would not be practical to
of shipping to avoid conflict
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