Photo by InspireKelly
It takes a special kind of person to look at some green fields, rolling meadows and luscious trees, and think "You know what, this place needs to be concreted over".
As you can imagine, I'm not that kind of person. Some are, though, including Edinburgh Council, Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Government. They've all fallen in behind a developer's proposal to "release the potential" of the green belt site surrounding Edinburgh Airport and turn it into an "International Business Gateway".
The developer reckons that the site's proximity to the airport and two motorways makes it the ideal place to be destroyed and built over.
I reckon that the site's proximity to the airport and two motorways makes it ideal to be soaking up all that carbon dioxide. As a greenfield site, as a haven to wildlife and a buffer at the edge of the city, and as a pleasant sight to the weary traveller entering or exiting Edinburgh, I think it's already "fulfilling it's potential", don't you?
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