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DEMAND Press Release "The figures NEMA tried to bury." 10 October 2005 The DEMAND Campaign Group's response to Nottingham East Midlands Airport press release regarding the results of a mori poll survey. The ‘hidden’ figures are that a third of people living under the new flight paths in East Leicestershire are disturbed by night flights and a quarter by day flights. “These are significant figures which NEMA has tried to bury in its press release”, said Steve Charlish! He continued: “Only two thirds of people under the new flight paths believe that the airport was overall a good thing for the area. This is the true extent of the damage done to people’s lives.”
The Mori poll has been sampled within 12 miles of the airport, and within an area of 26 miles from the airport in East Leicestershire, however complaints received to the DEMAND Campaign Group extend to over 40 miles from the airport. Sampling within Twelve mile radius takes in very high population levels of Derby, Nottingham, Loughborough and all of the mining areas around Coalville and Ashby De La Zouch much of the urban areas with high ambient noise levels. 1562 total people surveyed represents 0.1% in 1.5million people, how much confidence in NEMA's survey can anybody have when the potential amount of people affected in the East Midlands is 3.420,100 Mid year 2003 RESIDENT ADULTS AGE 16+ REGION EAST MIDLANDS GOR 3,420,100 LA Charnwood 126,600 |