Environmentalists slam Birmingham Airport runway plans
14.04.10
Green campaigners have said that Birmingham Airport’s runway expansion plans will damage green belt land, the Coventry Telegraph reports. The airport is planning a £120 million runway extension, but environmentalists are calling for more transparency over what work is to be done to allow the extension and who will foot the bill.
Last month is was reported that Birmingham City Council and Solihull Borough Council could split the cost of diverting the A45 so work on the runway can go ahead. The road, which is used by up to 50,000 vehicles a day, would need to be shifted south between the Clock roundabout where traffic leaves the A45 to enter the airport, and Damson Parkway, the next junction west, costing £32 million.
The airport has received planning permission for the runway extension but Friends of the Earth say the proposals go against the government’s Climate Change Act. They also say aiding the airport expansion could be in conflict with Birmingham City Council’s new climate change action plan and have called for all documents to be published for public scrutiny.
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