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Backing for new runways confirmed
« on: December 14, 2006, 04:45:32 PM »
The Government has confirmed its backing for two new south-east England runways and greater use of Heathrow Airport's existing runways.



But Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander said that a new runway at Stansted Airport would not be operational before 2015 - more than three years after the projected date put forward in the Government's 2003 Aviation White Paper.



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Backing for new runways confirmed
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2006, 02:07:32 AM »
Too cool, I was just reading an article about Heathrow and it's overcrowding the other day.  It had a lot about the proposed third runway and the effect it would have.  Very interesting article, it was in Air and Space magazine.
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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2006, 04:59:22 PM »
After your post Tomcat I also did a bit of reading on the subject and to be honest some of the facts and figures amazed me.



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IMPACT OF EXPANSION ON NOISE POLLUTION

Heathrow: would affect 333,000 people (up 26,000)

Stansted: would affect 8,000 people (up 2,000)





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Air passenger growth is expected to continue at levels of 3-5% per year.



Friends of the Earth claims this will push up the aviation contribution to the UK's carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) emissions to 10-12% by 2020 - from the current 5%.



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