So a conundrum houses or a what!

Never thought I would be saying this but!

Around my this area there a small number of airfields that were once and still are in one case the operating sites of American aircraft. Molesworth, Alconbury and Mildenhall. What to do with them is the thing. They belong to this country and are ripe for development they say. We could cover them in houses, after all it is brownfield land they say. Government looking to get thousands of houses built with as little fuss as possible is eyeing them covetously after all Oakington will soonish become Northstowe complete with a load of state sponsored houses that will count towards the govt's total.

But at the back of my head is the fact that all these airfields were built in the early years of the second world war on agricultural land and the land not needed for buildings and hard standing for planes was managed as cheaply as possible, left as grass and not cut ridiculously short for the most part. Often these airfields are the largest bits of grassland left in otherwise intensively managed agricultural land and yet we can just call them brownfield and build on them.

Meanwhile we have a government that would also like to placate the airport operators and airlines by allowing a new runway or airfield. Being simplistic are the government not missing a trick here? Thats what some folk think anyway and I might share there thinking which amazes me to be honest.

Why not take all goods freight from the London airports and take it to one of those airfields freeing up space at Heathrow and Gatwick instead of building on them. The council close to Moleworth has already said housing there would be poorly served by infrastructure despite being close to the A14, the same could be said for Alconbury in which case add closeness to A1 as well. Mildenhall is already a base for American freight planes of many types with the A11 closeby.

If we really need another airport, I mean really need one surely at least one of these should be considered properly. And I still cannot believe I have said that.