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Floating airport — new air gate London
London is one of the largest financial and tourist centers of the world, a city where every year comes more and more people. Due to these reasons, the British capital acquires extensive transport infrastructure, in particular, and airports. Here's a project floating in the Thames estuary airport and said the company Beckett Rankine.
Now London is served by six different airports. And, apparently, the growth of air travel in the near future will continue to grow and grow. And it is not surprising that different architects are offering their versions of the construction of new aircraft gates for the British capital. For example, Norman foster has developed the project Thames Hub, Europe's largest transport hub. And the company Beckett Rankine has submitted vedapragasen future depends on us and our rational decisions. The portal devoted to innovations in ecology, engineering, health and beauty, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, art and of course... clearly to the public their development, involving the construction of a floating terminal.
The project of this object, was developed by company Beckett Rankine, involves the construction of a huge floating in the sea near the mouth of the river Thames platform, which can take even the largest modern Airliners. Immediately be located air terminals and railway station that connects the airport to London (40 minutes by fast train). The main negative factor, due to which this airport will likely not destined to be born, are Finance. Because the cost of implementing this ambitious project, according to estimates calculated by the authors from Beckett Rankine is approximately $ 40 billion. On the other hand, the new terminal London, do need! And because, perhaps, in the distant future, a giant floating runway in the Thames estuary, still appear!
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