Planners recommend East Midlands Airport runway
22.04.09
Experts at Leicestershire County Council have recommended that the authority does not object to East Midland Airport's runway extension plans. Airport bosses want to extend its runway by about 190m (623ft) to make it 3.08km (1.91 miles) long to allow aircraft to operate to further destinations.
The airport first applied in September 2000 to increase the runway by 190m to allow planes carrying larger loads to take off. It would make the UK's third-biggest freight airport more attractive to long-haul cargo carriers, particularly in America. Opponents of the £4m scheme fear it would mean more jet engine noise disturbing those under the flight paths and more air pollution.
In the report, county council experts said they believed any increase in noise levels would be ‘largely over sparsely populated areas’. The report added that ‘there would appear to be no significant additional impacts on air quality and traffic generation’ with the planned extension. The issue will be debated by a meeting of the full county council on Thursday.
A spokesman from East Midlands Airport said: ‘We note the advice to the county council not to object to the runway extension and now look to the district council to approve the planning application without any further delay.’
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