Heathrow airport said it could build a third track for 21 billion pounds Sterling during the next decade – the total cost of widening the airport estimated at 49 billion pounds Sterling.
The most frequented Travel hub in Europe has submitted its plans to the government – opponents raising concerns about carbon emissions, sound pollution and environmental impacts.
West London Airport wishes permission to create a 3,500 m track (11,400 feet), but insists that it is open to a shorter instead.
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January: Third track “Many need”
In January, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that The government has an expansion “we need” To connect the United Kingdom to the world and open up new growth opportunities.
But the mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan is still against a new track due to the “serious impact” he will have on residents of the capital.
Below Heathrow Proposal, the track would be built in the northwest of its existing location – allowing 276,000 additional flights per year.
The airport also wishes to create a new terminal capacity for 150 million annual passengers – compared to 84 million – with plans involving a new terminal complex named T5XW and T5XN.
Terminal 2 would be extended, while terminal 3 and former terminal 1 would be demolished.
The track would be funded by private individuals, the total plan cost approximately 49 billion pounds sterling, but some airlines have been expressed in concern that the airport increases its passenger costs to pay the project.
Easyjet director general, Kenton Jarvis, said that an expansion “would represent a unique opportunity for Easyjet to operate on the airport scale for the first time and would bring lower prices for consumers.”
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Thomas Woldbye, managing director of the airport, said in a statement that “it has never been so important or urgent to extend Heathrow”.
“We actually operate on the ability of the detriment of trade and connectivity,” he added.
“With a green light from the government and the right political support supported by an adjusted regulatory model, we are ready to mobilize and start to invest this year in our supply chain across the country.
“We are particularly placed to do so for the country. It’s time to open the path to takeoff. “
The M25 motorway should be moved to a tunnel under the new track under the airport proposal.
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The mayor of London has always opposed
Sir Sadiq says that the Town Hall “will carefully examine” the proposals, adding: “I will keep all the options on the table in the way we react.”
Tony Bosworth, climate activist at Friends of the Earth, also said that if Sir Keir Starmer wanted to be “considered a climate leader”, then supporting Heathrow’s expansion is “bad decision”.
Earlier this year, the resident of Longford, Christian Hughes, told Sky News that his village and other proximes would be “decimated” if an expansion should go ahead.
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January: Village to be leveled for a new track
He comes after the Surinder Arora hotel magnate published a rival Heathrow expansion planwhich involves a shorter track to avoid the need to divert the M25 motorway.
The Arora group of the billionaire said that a 2,800 m (9,200 feet) track would cause a “reduced risk” and would avoid the “spiral cost”.
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander will examine all plans during the summer so that an examination of the national airport policy declaration may start later this year.
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He also comes after Sky News reported a Group funded by Heathrow airport sending brochures Support a third track to thousands of houses in western London.
The group, called Heathrow, sent leaflets to people living near the airport, claiming that the enlargement could be the road to a “greener” airport and suggest that this would mean that “the cleanest and most silent planes” went there.
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Opponents of the airport expansion said that the information provided by the group was “incredibly misleading”.
The rear Heathrow told Sky News that he had “always been opened” on the support he receives from the airport. Funding is not disclosed on the Heathrow Bulletin or website.