It's all too easy for the blame game to sit with PCC and the airport - there's more to it than that.
For example, there isn't enough demand for the M5 to be extended past Exeter because it feeds 3 separate A Roads adequately enough for suggestions to be set aside.
In terms of future development, we won't ever get a motorway. Unless the impact of it's absence was of major significance centrally, there will absolutely be no serious consideration given to such a proposal.
Why do you all think the Government were so keen to deliver HS2?
The idea certainly wasn't conceived with prosperity for the nation as a whole in mind.
No, it's real sole intention was simply to further contain the wealth spread and the subsequent economic charge to London and the big cities.
We don't matter down here - the Government are perfectly happy to establish a degree of economic isolationism throughout the satellite regions of the country because these areas only offer the limited prosperity from the grains that they've historically been fed.
The airport provides it's own answer, but most would prefer to avoid it.
For it to reopen and work requires the space to cover it's unavoidable costs - it doesn't have the required scope without large investment.
It also suffers from the neglect of SHH because of their own interests in Newquay Airport - there will absolutely be pressure to keep Plymouth Airport closed.
Remember, operators have quotas and that stark reality is why it remains closed.
That's not the council's fault, that's not even down to central government - that's purely down to operators, directors and shareholders looking after their respective stock.
So, when I see the easy approach to digging people out with the standard jabbing at the council, I do wonder why they are expected to solve so many problems caused by others.
I mean, I recently sought to correct someone on here about their understanding of Beryl Bikes and how they're funded - not remotely via PCC, but he wouldn't have it. No, it just had to be the council mugging us off.
I've said before, the council make all manner of mistake, but they're really not to blame for everything.